Kapotaksha River

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The Kapotaksha River is a historically and culturally significant river in southwestern Bangladesh, often celebrated in Bengali literature and poetry.

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Kapotaksha River canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Kapataksha River NERFINISHED
Kobadak River NERFINISHED
basinCountry Bangladesh NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
describedAs culturally significant river of Bangladesh
historically significant river of Bangladesh
drainageBasin southwestern Bangladesh
drainsInto Bay of Bengal (indirectly through deltaic channels) NERFINISHED
environmentalIssue reduced water flow
riverbed encroachment
siltation
flowsThrough Jessore District NERFINISHED
Khulna District NERFINISHED
Satkhira District NERFINISHED
hasCulturalSignificance Bangladeshi culture
Bengali literature
Bengali poetry
hasEconomicImportance inland fisheries
local agriculture
hasEcosystem brackish water ecosystem
freshwater ecosystem
hasHistoricalSignificance regional trade routes in southwestern Bengal
hasNearbySettlement Jessore NERFINISHED
Khulna NERFINISHED
Satkhira NERFINISHED
hasUse fishing
irrigation
local transportation
hasWatercourseSystem Ganges Delta NERFINISHED
inspiredWork Bengali folk songs
poems by Jibanananda Das
languageOfName Bengali language
locatedIn southwestern Bangladesh NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Jessore District NERFINISHED
Khulna District NERFINISHED
Khulna Division NERFINISHED
Satkhira District NERFINISHED
locatedInProtectedArea Sundarbans region (downstream influence) NERFINISHED
mentionedInWork Kobor poem
mouthOfWatercourse Kobadak River NERFINISHED
partOf Bangladesh river network
Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system NERFINISHED
region South Asia
watercourseType tidal river

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Division: Khulna Division hasMajorRiver Kapotaksha River
subject surface form: Khulna Division