Surma-Meghna River System

The Surma-Meghna River System is a river complex in the Indian subcontinent, one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest on earth. It rises in the Manipur Hills of northeast India as the Barak River, flows west to become the Surma River, then flows south as the Meghna River out to the Bay of Bengal. In total, the river system spans 946 kilometres (588 mi), of which 669 kilometres (416 mi) are within Bangladesh.

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