Kalindi River

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Kalindi River
Location
CountriesIndia and Bangladesh
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSatkhira
Physical characteristics
Discharge 
 • locationBay of Bengal

Kalindi River (Bengali: কালীন্দি নদী) is a tidal estuarine river in and around the Sundarbans in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal, bordering on Satkhira District of Bangladesh.[1]

The Ichamati breaks up into several distributaries below Hingalganj the chief of which are the Raimangal, Bidya, Jhilla, Kalindi and Jamuna. These fan out into wide estuaries in the Sundarbans.[2]

Yamuna {Kalindi} is one of the ashtabharya {8 wives} Lord Krishna

She is a beautiful river in Vrindavan

References[edit]

  1. Amirul Ashraf (2012). "Satkhira District". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. Mandal, Asim Kumar (2003). The Sundarbans of India: a development analysis By Asim Kumar Mandal. ISBN 9788173871436. Retrieved 18 November 2009.

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Coordinates: 22°18′45″N 88°58′42″E / 22.3124900°N 88.9782870°E / 22.3124900; 88.9782870


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