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Feni River rises from the hill ranges of the Indian state of tripura at 23°20'N and 91°47'E, flows southwest marking the boundary with the chittagong hill tracts, then flows west, separating Tripura from chittagong up to Aliganj and then emerges out of the hills and passes through the plains dividing Chittagong from noakhali before falling into the bay of bengal
at 22°50'N and 91°27'E. This river belongs to Bangladesh as it used to form the demarcation line between Chittagong, Noakhali and Tripura State of India. But since 1960, India is using the river, claiming their right up to the midstream.
The river is 116 km long from the source to the Bay of
Bengal and 80.5 km of it up to Ramgarh is navigable throughout the year
by small boats. During monsoon
rains it remains full of water but with every heavy shower in its catchment
area it becomes furious with rapid currents and whirling eddies at sharp
turns. The muhuri
from Noakhali district, also called little
feni, falls into it near its mouth but it has no important
affluent from Chittagong district. The river is gradually silting up due
to reckless extraction of timber
tree from the hill slopes and consequent heavy erosion of the
hills. [Sifatul Quader Chowdhury]
See map in
chittagong region river
system.
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