The Dakatia River is a river of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The length of the Dakatia is about . It enters Bangladesh from

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

. After re-entering India from

Comilla District Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district of Bangladesh located about 100 kilometres south east of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to t ...

, it joins the

Meghna River The Meghna River ( bn, মেঘনা নদী) is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal. A part of the Surma-Meghna River System, ...

at Chandpur borostation molehead.Banglapedia - Dakatia River
/ref> It is in Chandpur.

Early history

The first tributary that the Meghna receives after entering

Noakhali Noakhali ( bn, নোয়াখালী, , New canal), historically known as Bhulua ( bn, ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division. It was established as district in 1821, and officia ...

is the Dakatia river. "It is the combination of several hill streams via Sonaichari, Pagli Boaljar and Kakri, etc., originating from Tippera Hills. After traversing a distance of about 6 miles in the south it bifurcates at Latitude 230.21" and Longitude 910 31 '. The left hand branch follows a sinuous course in the south till it meets little Feni River, whereas the right hand branch flows in the south-west and north-west up to Hajiganj where Boa1juri river meets it on the right bank. Before taking an abrupt turn to the south at about 15 miles down Hajiganj the river throws off a channel, known as Chandpur

Nullah A nullah or nala ( Hindustani or "nallah" in Punjabi) is an 'arm of the sea', stream, or watercourse, a steep narrow valley. Like the wadi of the Arabs, the nullah is characteristic of mountainous or hilly country where there is little rainfall ...

which falls into the Meghna and the river following a meandering course drops into Meghna at Hazimara." Dakatia was formerly a most important channel for trade. It is still navigable in the lower region by country boats during the monsoon season. The upper region is navigable throughout the year. There are three gauging stations on Dakatia river at Hajiganj, Raipur and Hazimara.

References

Rivers of Bangladesh Rivers of Chittagong Division Rivers of India International rivers of Asia {{Bangladesh-river-stub