Class 8 Geo Lesson 6

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SLO: to identify the major rivers of

Bangladesh and their journey
Topic 1 B: Drainage System
Page no. 121-22 (old version)
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Rivers
• River originates from a 'source' and
culminates to a sea or lake at its
'mouth'. Along its length it may be
joined by smaller rivers called
'tributaries'. A river and its tributaries
form a 'river system’.
• Bangladesh has predominantly five
major river systems - (1)
the Brahmaputra-Jamuna, (2)
the Ganges-Padma, (3) the Surma-
Meghna, and (4) Tista river system &
(5) Karnaphuli river system
Sir John Wilson School 2

Bengal Basin
• The Bengal Basin is one of the
most extensive sediment
reservoirs in the world and
constitutes the lower floodplain
and delta plain deposits of India
and Bangladesh, at the mouth
of the Ganga–Brahmaputra–
Meghna River systems.

Major rivers of Bangladesh
Karnaphuli

Major rivers of Bangladesh
• Confluence points:
• Tista enters through Nilphamari
district, meet with Brahmaputra
at Chilmari and it becomes
Jamuna
• Meghna starts from Ajmiriganj
and meet with Padma at
Chandpur
Karnaphuli
• Padma enter through Shibganj
and Nawabganj, meet with
Jamuna at Goalondoghat and
flows as Padma.
Tista system
Origin and flow Nature
It originates in Chitamu In the destructive floods of

Lake in the Sikkim 1787, the Tista river
Himalayas. forsook its old channel and
Enters through Kharibari rushing south-east, it
and meet with Jamuna joined the Brahmaputra.
near Chilmari.

Brahmaputra-Jamuna system
The river originates from The Brahmaputra-Jamuna,

mighty Brahmaputra of Manas throughout its broad valley
Sarovar. section in Assam
Enters through Kurigram, meet and in Bangladesh is famous
with Tista and as Jamuna meet for its braided nature,
with Padma near Goalondo. shifting sub channels, and for
the formation of chars
(island/sandbars) within the
channel.

The Ganges-Padma system
The river originates from the Almost the whole delta is

Gangotri Glacier of western dotted with numerous lakes,
Himalayas in the Indian state of marshes and low-lying
Uttarakhand. swamps.
It enters through Rajshahi; after Another significant feature of

meeting with Jamuna flow the delta-rivers is their
further as Padma and meet continual shifting of courses.
with Meghna near Chadpur.
The Ganges-Padma is also a
braided channel with a
meandering course.

Surma-Meghna system
The main source is Barak Between Surma and
river. On reaching the border Kushiyara, there lies a complex
with Bangladesh at Amalshid in basin area comprised of Haors.
Sylhet district, Barak bifurcates Several small meandering
to form the steep and highly channels branch out from
flashy rivers Surma and Meghna.
Kushiyara. It also drains one of the world's
Surma from Manipur and heaviest rainfall areas (e.g
Kushiara from Nagaland enter about 1,000 cm at Cherapunji,
Sylhet and meet at Ajmerigonj Meghalaya, India)
and become Meghna.
Meghna first meet with old Haors: It receives surface
Brahmaputra and then Padma runoff water by rivers and
and later, exit through Bay of khals, and consequently, a
Bengal. haor becomes very extensive
water body in the monsoon and
dries up mostly in the post- Sir John Wilson School 10
monsoon period
Karnaphuli system
Origin Nature
Originates in the Lushai hills in It follows a zigzag course

Mizoram State of India. before it forms two other
prominent loops, the
Dhuliachhari and the Kaptai.
The river drains into the Bay of
Bengal cutting across several
hill ranges

Answer • I'm a river & I start my journey from the Indian state of Sikkim.
Tista
• I'm a place in Bangladesh where river Padma and river Jamuna meets
Goalondoghat
• I am one of the major river of Bangladesh and my journey starts from Ajmerigonj.
Meghna
• Rivers Surma and Kushiyara spreads out from me.
Barak
• I'm the largest estuary in Bangladesh.
Meghna
• Who can tell me the courses of a river?
Prior • Can you name some landforms created
knowledge by rivers?

End of lesson 6
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Welcome Class 8 Geography:

SLO: to identify the major rivers of

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It originates in Chitamu In the destructive floods of

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The river originates from The Brahmaputra-Jamuna,

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The river originates from the Almost the whole delta is

It enters through Rajshahi; after Another significant feature of

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Originates in the Lushai hills in It follows a zigzag course

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