Haritikar (Haritikar)

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River Barak has been divided in to two parts here. The stream which has gone right hand side is called SURMA, and the left hand side one is named as KUSHIYARA. Both the rivers have traveled through a long distance and again met just a kilometre up stream of BHAIRAB BAZAR in Bangladesh. There a small part of the river is known as Kalni. But mainly the combined course of river is known as MEGHNA..
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Coordinates:   24°52'32"N   92°29'22"E

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  • Surma-Kushiyara Rivers located in the northeast region of Bangladesh. The Surma-Kushiyara Rivers are formed by bifurcation of the Barak River which is flowing from India, enters into Bangladesh at Amalshid where the flow is divided into two branches known as Surma and Kushiyara Rivers. These rivers suffer from an unequal distribution of inflow of Barak river, Surma receiving about 40% of flood flow and no flow in dry season (Bari and Marchand, 2006). In the dry season, there is a remarkable difference between the Surma River reach before Lubachhara River and the reach after Lubachhara. The Lubachhara River that comes from Cachar Hills of Assam and other tributaries (Sari, Goyain, Piyain, Dhalai Rivers, etc) feed Surma River. On the other hand, the Kushiyara River is getting more water from the Barak River due to its straight intake. Moreover, about 60-70 km downstream from the bifurcation there are several tributaries (e.g. Sonai Bardhal, Juri, Manu Rivers, etc) of Kushiyara. The rivers experience flash flood in pre-monsoon period and river floods in monsoon. The average recorded daily flow of Kushiyara at Sheola (Bangladesh gauging station) is 628 m 3 /sec, minimum average flow (January to March) is 90 m 3 /sec and average monsoon (May to October) flow is 1100 m 3 /sec. The average daily recorded flow of Surma at Kanaighat is about 500 m 3 /sec; the average monsoon (June to September) flow is 1200 m 3 /sec,(https://www.scribd.doc/300019312/9-chapter-2-River System-and-estimation-of-design).
  • (9 Chapter_2_River System and Estimation of Design - Scribd),pp10.
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