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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Teesta River basin 1

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 (2)

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

Eastern Himalayas → contains → Teesta River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teesta River basin
Brahmaputra → majorTributary → Teesta River ⓘ