Transboundary river

A transboundary river is a river that crosses at least one political border, either a border within a nation or an international boundary. The country of Bangladesh has the greatest number of these rivers, almost all of which cross international boundaries.

Transboundary rivers

River Length (km) Countries
Brahmaputra 2,900  India
 Bangladesh
 China
Colorado 2,333  United States
 Mexico
Danube 2,860  Germany
 Austria
 Slovakia
 Hungary
 Croatia
 Serbia
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Moldova
 Ukraine
Ganga 2,525  India
 Bangladesh
Mekong 4,350  China
 Myanmar
 Laos
 Thailand
 Cambodia
 Vietnam
Nile 6,853  Rwanda
 Burundi
 Uganda
 Congo DR
 Tanzania
 Kenya
 Ethiopia
 Eritrea
 South Sudan
 Sudan
 Egypt
Rhine 1,230  Germany
 Austria
  Switzerland
 France
 Netherlands
 Liechtenstein

Transboundary rivers of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has at least 58 major rivers that enter the nation from India or Myanmar. The hydrologic and political effects of rivers that cross significant boundaries are enormous. Rivers have positive effects in that they carry a significant amount of sediment, which aids in building land in estuarine regions. However this sediment raises the height of riverbeds, thereby causing flooding. International conventions governing water sharing have led to complex political disputes.[1]

India and Bangladesh share 54 common rivers, of which agreement has been reached only on sharing of waters of the river Ganges. The India-Bangladesh Treaty on the Sharing of the Ganges Waters was signed on December 12, 1996 and is based on a sharing formula of the flows measured at Farakka, during the lean season each year, from 1 January to 31 May. The 30-year treaty is renewable by mutual consent.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Maxwell, Daniel M. "Exchanging Power: Prospects of Nepal-India Cooperation for Hydropower Development". SSRN. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
  2. ↑ "India-Bangladesh Political Relations" (PDF). Sharing of River Waters. Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2007-12-18.


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