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Gomoti River | |
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Gomoti river in Kaptan Bazar, Cumilla | |
Location in Bangladesh | |
Native name | গোমতী নদী (Bengali) |
Location | |
India | Tripura |
Bangladesh | Cumilla |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Dumur, Tripura |
Mouth | Meghna River |
• coordinates | 23°31′46″N 90°42′08″E / 23.52944°N 90.70222°E / 23.52944; 90.70222 |
Length | 95 km (59 mi) |
The Gomoti or Gumti (Bengali: গোমতী, gomtī/gomôtī) is a river flowing through the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura and the district of Cumilla in Bangladesh. A dam has been constructed near Dumbur on the river that has formed a 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) lake.
Gallery
- Gumti River flowing through Udaipur, Tripura
- Irrigation is underway by pump-enabled extraction directly from the Gumti, seen in the background, in Comilla, Bangladesh.
References
- Choudhury, A.U. (2009). Gumti –Tripura’s remote IBA. Mistnet 10 (3): 7-8.
External links
- Media related to Gumti River at Wikimedia Commons
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