| Tangon River
also known as the Tongon River. The river was named after the name of
Zamindar Tankonath of ranisankail
upazila in thakurgaon
district. It enters Bangladesh from the Indian state of West Bengal through
the western border of panchagarh
district (which lies in the northwestern corner of the country). It passes
through Ruhia, pirganj
and bochaganj.
It again enters West Bengal through biral
upazila of Dinajpur. It returns to Bangladesh when it meets with the punarbhaba
near Rohanpur of naogaon
district. It becomes dry during winter and navigable in the rainy season.
In 1989, a five-vent barrage
was built over this river 10 km west of boda.
About 5,000 ha of land including 1,000 to 1,500 ha of wheat
fields get gravity irrigation in the dry season.
[Mesbah-us-Saleheen]
See map in
brahmaputra-jamuna river
system. |
