Padma River

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distributary river

The Padma River is a major distributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh, known for its vast width, powerful currents, and crucial role in the country’s agriculture, fisheries, and transportation.

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Label Occurrences
Padma River canonical 15

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary ⓘ
river ⓘ
confluenceWith Jamuna River ⓘ
Meghna ⓘ
surface form: Meghna River
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
crosses Padma Bridge ⓘ
distributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
downstreamName Meghna ⓘ
surface form: Lower Meghna
etymologyFrom Padma (Sanskrit for lotus) ⓘ
flowsNear Kushtia District ⓘ
Pabna District ⓘ
City of Rajshahi ⓘ
surface form: Rajshahi City
flowsThrough Dhaka Division ⓘ
Faridpur ⓘ
surface form: Faridpur District

Manikganj District ⓘ
Munshiganj District ⓘ
Rajbari District ⓘ
Rajshahi Division ⓘ
Shariatpur District ⓘ
formsConfluenceAt Chandpur District ⓘ
surface form: Chandpur

Goalundo ⓘ
hasBridge Bangabandhu Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Railway Bridge (under construction)

Hardinge Bridge ⓘ
Lalon Shah Bridge ⓘ
Padma Bridge ⓘ
importance one of the main rivers of Bangladesh ⓘ
knownFor frequent channel shifting ⓘ
powerful currents ⓘ
riverbank erosion ⓘ
vast width ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 120 ⓘ
locatedIn People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
majorFishSpecies Boal ⓘ
Catla ⓘ
Hilsa ⓘ
Pangas ⓘ
Rohu ⓘ
mouthLocation Meghna ⓘ
surface form: Meghna River
partOf Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges–Padma–Meghna river system
regulatedBy Farakka ⓘ
surface form: Farakka Barrage (upstream on the Ganges)
sourceRegion Indo–Bangladesh International Border ⓘ
surface form: India–Bangladesh border region
subjectTo dry-season low flow ⓘ
monsoon swelling ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
supportsSector agriculture ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
inland water transport ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rajshahi → locatedOnRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi → borderedBy → Padma River ⓘ
Jamuna River → confluenceWith → Padma River ⓘ
Jamuna River → joins → Padma River ⓘ
Pabna → locatedOnRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Dhaka Division → hasMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Division: Khulna Division → hasMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
subject surface form: Khulna Division
Western Bangladesh → hasMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi Railway Station → nearbyLandmark → Padma River ⓘ
Padma Nadir Majhi → mainSubject → Padma River ⓘ
Chandpur District → borderedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Goalundo Ghat → locatedOn → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division (in parts) → borderedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
subject surface form: Rajshahi Division
Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division (in parts) → traversedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
subject surface form: Rajshahi Division
Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division (in parts) → locatedOnBankOf → Padma River ⓘ
subject surface form: Rajshahi Division