The Kumar River ( bn, কুমার নদী) is a river in south-western Bangladesh.

Course

The Kumar River takes off from the

Mathabhanga River The Mathabhanga River ( bn, মাথাভাংগা নদী) is a transboundary river between India and Bangladesh. Journey and Importance The Mathabhanga or Hauli, whose lower reach is called the Haulia, leaves the Padma about ten miles ...

at Hatboalia and follows a circuitous course to the east and south-east, for a long distance forming the boundary between Kushtia District to the north and

Alamdanga Upazila Alamdanga ( bn, আলমডাঙ্গা) is an upazila of Chuadanga District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It covers an area of . Geography Alamdanga is located at . It has 44,699 households and total area 360.4 km2. Demographic ...

Chuadanga District Chuadanga ( bn, চুয়াডাঙ্গা, tʃuaɖaŋga), is a district of the western Khulna Division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian state of West Bengal to the west, Meherpur District to the northwest, Jessore District to ...

and Harinakunda Upazila of

Jhenaidah District Jhenaidah District ( bn, ঝিনাইদহ) is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division. It has an area of . It is bordered by Kushtia District to the north, Jessore District and West Bengal, India to the ...

to the south. Finally it joins the

Nabaganga River Nabaganga ( bn, নবগঙ্গা নদী) is the fourth-biggest river in Bangladesh and a tributary of Mathabhanga. Name The river was named Nabaganga (New Ganges in Bengali) in the belief that the Ganges also derived from Mathabhanga. Th ...

near Magura town. The other two branch rivers which take off from the Mathabhanga and are among the principal water courses both for communication and natural irrigation, are the

and the

Chitra River The Chitra River is located in southwestern Bangladesh. It is one of the large coastal rivers of the Ganges-Padma system. It joins with the Nabaganga, and then flows into the Bhairab River Bhairab River ( bn, ভৈরব নদী) is a riv ...

. The remains of old flourishing villages and

Indigo Indigo is a deep color close to the color wheel blue (a primary color in the RGB color space), as well as to some variants of ultramarine, based on the ancient dye of the same name. The word "indigo" comes from the Latin word ''indicum'', ...

Planters' '' Kathibary'' (factory house) on the silted up course still mark their past importance. The dry beds of these two channels like that of the course of the Bhairab are still shown in the survey maps 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 mo ...

References

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