Barak River

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river

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Barak River Basin 1
Barak River basin 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Barak River → drainageBasin → Barak River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barak River Basin
Northeast India → hasMajorRiver → Barak River ⓘ
Manipur → hasRiver → Barak River ⓘ
Silchar → isOnRiver → Barak River ⓘ
Barak Valley → namedAfter → Barak River ⓘ
Barak Valley → partOf → Barak River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barak River basin
Barak Valley → river → Barak River ⓘ
Silchar → river → Barak River ⓘ
Assam → traversedByRiver → Barak River ⓘ