Gumti River (transboundary river)
Appearance
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2006) |
Gomoti River | |
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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 |
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.[1]
Gallery
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Gumti River flowing through Udaipur, Tripura
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Irrigation is underway by pump-enabled extraction directly from the Gumti, seen in the background, in Comilla, Bangladesh.
References
[edit]- ^ Choudhury, A.U. (2009). Gumti –Tripura’s remote IBA. Mistnet 10 (3): 7-8.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Gumti River at Wikimedia Commons