The Kaliganga River ( bn, কালীগংগা নদী) is a river in

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 ...

that runs for 78 km. The Kaliganga takes off from the

Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...

and flows to the south. In recent years the amount of water extracted for irrigation has much reduced its size outside of the rainy season.

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Rivers of Bangladesh Rivers of Khulna Division {{Bangladesh-river-stub