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Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 2 templates: del empty params (1×); hyphenate params (1×);

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| image = River Tangan at Aiho.jpg
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| image_caption = Tangon at [[Aiho]]
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'''Tangon River''' (also known as Tongon River) ({{lang-bn|টাংগন নদী}}) is a river passing through the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]]. It is tributary of [[Punarbhaba River]]. It was named after Tankonath, [[zamindar]] of [[Ranisankail Upazila|Ranisankail]] in [[Thakurgaon District]].<ref name=banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Mesbah-us-Saleheen |year=2012 |chapter=Tangon River |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Tangon_River |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

After originating in West Bengal, it passes through [[Panchagarh District]], Sadar Upazilla in [[Thakurgaon District|Thakurgaon]] District, [[Pirganj Upazila, Rangpur|Pirganj]] in [[Thakurgaon District]], [[Bochaganj Upazila|Bochaganj]] and [[Biral Upazila|Biral]] in [[Dinajpur District (Bangladesh)|Dinajpur District]] in Bangladesh before it flows through [[Kushmandi]] and [[Bansihari]] community development blocks of [[South Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur district]] in West Bengal.<ref name=banglapedia/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://ddinajpur.nic.in/River/river.html | title =Dakshin Dinajpur| publisher = District administration| work = Rivers | access-date = 2009-05-30}}</ref> There is also a dam constructed on tangan river near boda town, 26'11'32"N 88'28'02" E.

It re-enters Bangladesh and meets Punarbhava River near Rohanpur in [[Naogaon District]].<ref name=banglapedia/>

==Barrage==
In 1989, a [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]] was built across the river {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} west of [[Boda Upazila|Boda]] in [[Panchagarh District]].<ref name=banglapedia/>

==References==
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{{Commons category|Tangon River}}
{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Rivers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:International rivers of Asia]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]
[[Category:Rivers of Rangpur Division]]

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