Padma River
| Padma | |
|---|---|
Padma River in Bangladesh | |
Location in Bangladesh | |
| Native name | পদ্মা (Bengali) |
| Location | |
| Countries | Bangladesh, India |
| Districts | India: Murshidabad Bangladesh: |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bifurcation of the Ganges at Giria, India, and The Gangotri Glacier in the middle of Himalayans |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lower Meghna |
| Length | 356 km (221 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,487,657.3 km2 (574,387.7 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (Period: 1971–2000)34,938.1 m3/s (1,233,830 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | During dry season 15,000 m3/s (530,000 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | During monsoon season 750,000 m3/s (26,000,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Ganges River |
| Bridges | Padma Bridge Lalon Shah Bridge Hardinge Bridge |
The Padma (Bengali: পদ্মা, romanized: Pôdmā) is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the eastern and main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for 356 kilometres (221 mi) to its confluence with the Meghna River, near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is situated on the banks of the river. Since 1966, over 66,000 hectares of land have been lost to erosion of the Padma.