Barak River

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The Barak River is a major river in northeastern India and Bangladesh that flows through the state of Assam before splitting into the Surma and Kushiyara rivers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Barak River canonical 25
Barak River basin 11
Barak River system 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

India
borderFunction forms part of the India–Bangladesh border in some stretches
continent Asia
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

India
dischargesInto Kushiyara River
Surma River
drainageBasin Barak River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Barak River Basin
flowsDirection generally westward and southwestward
flowsInto Meghna
surface form: Meghna River
flowsThrough Assam
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

Manipur
Mizoram
formsValley Barak Valley
hasTributary Dhaleswari River
Jatinga River
Jiri River
Rukni River
surface form: Katakhal River

Longai River
Rukni River
Jatinga River
surface form: Singla River

Sonai River
Tlawng River
Tuivai River
length about 900 kilometres
locatedIn Assam
Barak Valley
Chittagong Division
Manipur
Mizoram
Nagaland
Northeast India
Sylhet
surface form: Sylhet Division
majorCityOnRiver Karimganj
Silchar
mouth Kushiyara River
Surma River
partOf Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system
surface form: Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system
region Barak Valley
sourceLocation Manipur
Northeast India
tributaryOf Meghna
surface form: Meghna River
usedFor fishing
inland navigation
irrigation

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Referenced by (40)

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

Assam traversedByRiver Barak River
Northeast India hasMajorRiver Barak River
Silchar river Barak River
Silchar isOnRiver Barak River
Barak River drainageBasin Barak River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Barak River Basin
Manipur hasRiver Barak River
Barak Valley namedAfter Barak River
Barak Valley river Barak River
Barak Valley partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Cachar district hasMajorRiver Barak River
Tlawng River tributaryOf Barak River
Tlawng River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Dimasa Kingdom associatedWithRiver Barak River
Longai River tributaryOf Barak River
Longai River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Kushiyara River distributaryOf Barak River
Kushiyara River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Jatinga River tributaryOf Barak River
Jatinga River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Jatinga River hasMouth Barak River
Jatinga River hydrologicalBasin Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Jiri River tributaryOf Barak River
Jiri River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Jiri River mouthLocatedIn Barak River
Tuivai River tributaryOf Barak River
Tuivai River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Tuivai River riverSystem Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River system
Tuivai River mouth Barak River
Tuirial River tributaryOf Barak River
Tuirial River riverSystem Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Tuirial River hasMouthIn Barak River
Sonai River tributaryOf Barak River
Sonai River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Sonai River hasMouthIn Barak River
Sonai River drainageBasin Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River system
Sonai River locatedInRiverSystem Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River system
Rukni River tributaryOf Barak River
Rukni River partOf Barak River
this entity surface form: Barak River basin