Transboundary river

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A transboundary river is a river that crosses at least one political border, either a border within a state or an international boundary. Bangladesh has the highest number of these rivers, including two of the world's largest rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.

Transboundary rivers[]

River Length (km) Countries
Brahmaputra 2,900  India
 Bangladesh
 China
 Bhutan
Colorado 2,333  United States
 Mexico
Danube 2,860  European Union

 Germany
 Austria
 Slovakia
 Hungary
 Croatia
 Serbia
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Moldova
 Ukraine

Euphrates 2,800  Turkey
 Syria
 Iraq
Ganga 2,525  India
 Bangladesh
Indus 3,180  China
 India
 Pakistan
Irrawaddy 2,210  China
 Myanmar
Mekong 4,350  China
 Myanmar
 Laos
 Thailand
 Cambodia
 Vietnam
Meuse 925  European Union

 Netherlands

 Belgium

 France

Niger 4,180  Guinea
 Mali
 Benin
 Nigeria
Nile 6,853  Rwanda
 Burundi
 Uganda
 Congo DR
 Tanzania
 Kenya
 Ethiopia
 Eritrea
 South Sudan
 Sudan
 Egypt
Rhine 1,230  European Union

 Germany
 Austria
  Switzerland
 France
 Netherlands
 Liechtenstein

Rhône 813   Switzerland
 European Union

 France

Rio Grande 3,051  United States

 Mexico

Tigris 1,850  Turkey
 Syria
 Iraq
Zambezi 2,474  Zambia
 Angola
 Namibia
 Botswana
 Zimbabwe
 Mozambique

Transboundary rivers of Bangladesh[]

Bangladesh has at least 58 major rivers that enter the country from India or Myanmar. The hydrologic and political effects of rivers that cross significant boundaries are enormous. Rivers have positive effects in that they carry a significant amount of sediment, which aids in building land in estuarine regions However this sediment raises the height of riverbeds, thereby causing flooding. International conventions[which?] governing water sharing have led to complex political disputes.[1][2]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ Maxwell, Daniel M (28 October 2012). "Exchanging Power: Prospects of Nepal-India Cooperation for Hydropower Development". Keck Journal of Foreign Affairs. Forthcoming. SSRN 2193796.
  2. ^ "India-Bangladesh Political Relations" (PDF). Sharing of River Waters. Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
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