Teesta River

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river transboundary river

The Teesta River is a significant transboundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh, known for its role in regional agriculture, hydropower, and longstanding water-sharing disputes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Teesta River canonical	33
Teesta River basin	9
Teesta River system	2
Teesta basin	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
basinCountry	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
country	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
disputeBetween	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
disputeType	water-sharing dispute ⓘ
floodRiskRegion	northern Bangladesh ⓘ North Bengal ⓘ surface form: northern West Bengal
flowsThrough	Rangpur Division ⓘ Sikkim ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	India and Bangladesh (in some stretches) ⓘ
hasDam	Teesta Barrage ⓘ Teesta Low Dam III ⓘ Teesta Low Dam IV ⓘ Teesta V Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
hydropowerDevelopedBy	India ⓘ
importance	critical for regional food security ⓘ strategic for India–Bangladesh relations ⓘ
irrigationProjectIn	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh West Bengal ⓘ
knownFor	agriculture support ⓘ hydropower generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ water-sharing disputes ⓘ
majorTributaryOf	Brahmaputra ⓘ surface form: Brahmaputra River
mouth	Brahmaputra ⓘ surface form: Brahmaputra River
mouthLocation	near Chilmari, Bangladesh ⓘ
passesNear	Gajoldoba ⓘ Jalpaiguri ⓘ Siliguri ⓘ
region	Eastern Himalayas ⓘ Eastern South Asia ⓘ
seasonalVariation	high ⓘ
sourceLocation	Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
sourceRegion	Sikkim ⓘ
supportsRegion	Siliguri corridor area ⓘ
tributary	Lachen River ⓘ Lachung River ⓘ Rangeet River ⓘ Rangpo River ⓘ
usedFor	floodplain agriculture ⓘ paddy cultivation ⓘ tea cultivation ⓘ
waterSharingNegotiatedBy	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Brahmaputra → majorTributary → Teesta River ⓘ

Eastern Himalayas → contains → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Indian state of Sikkim → river → Teesta River ⓘ

subject surface form: Sikkim

Dooars → crossedBy → Teesta River ⓘ

Kalimpong → locatedNear → Teesta River ⓘ

Sikkim → hasMajorRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Jalpaiguri → locatedOnRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Jalpaiguri → river → Teesta River ⓘ

Jalpaiguri → locatedInRiverBasin → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta basin

Zemu Glacier → drainageBasin → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Western Bangladesh → hasMajorRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

North Bengal → hasRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

subject surface form: North Bengal (India)

North Bengal → hasRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

subject surface form: North Bengal (Bangladesh)

Rangpur Division → borderedByRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Rangpur Division → traversedByRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Rangpur Division → hasRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta Low Dam III → locatedOnRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta Low Dam III → riverBasin → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Teesta Low Dam III → waterSource → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta V Hydroelectric Project → locatedOnRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta V Hydroelectric Project → riverBasin → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta basin

Teesta V Hydroelectric Project → waterSource → Teesta River ⓘ

Rangpo River → tributaryOf → Teesta River ⓘ

Rangpo River → joins → Teesta River ⓘ

Rangpo River → partOf → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Gajoldoba → river → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta Low Dam IV → locatedOnRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta Low Dam IV → basin → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Teesta Low Dam IV → damCrosses → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta Low Dam IV → watercourse → Teesta River ⓘ

Lachung River → tributaryOf → Teesta River ⓘ

Lachung River → contributesTo → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Lachung River → waterSystem → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River system

Eastern South Asia → hasMajorRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Tista Bridge → crosses → Teesta River ⓘ

Tista Bridge → locatedOn → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta Barrage → locatedOnRiver → Teesta River ⓘ

Teesta Barrage → riverBasin → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Teesta Barrage → crosses → Teesta River ⓘ

Sikkim Himalaya → contains → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Sikkim Himalaya → drainedBy → Teesta River ⓘ

Tista → spellingVariant → Teesta River ⓘ

Lachen River → partOf → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River basin

Lachen River → tributaryOf → Teesta River ⓘ

Lachen River → formsAtConfluence → Teesta River ⓘ

Lachen River → watercourseSystem → Teesta River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teesta River system