Padma River

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The Padma River is a major distributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh, known for its vast width, powerful currents, and crucial role in the country’s agriculture, fisheries, and transportation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Padma River canonical 45

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributary ⓘ
river ⓘ
confluenceWith Jamuna River ⓘ
Meghna River ⓘ
linked to: Meghna
country Bangladesh ⓘ
crosses Padma Bridge ⓘ
distributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
downstreamName Lower Meghna ⓘ
linked to: Meghna
etymologyFrom Padma (Sanskrit for lotus) ⓘ
flowsNear Kushtia District ⓘ
Pabna District ⓘ
Rajshahi City ⓘ
linked to: City of Rajshahi
flowsThrough Dhaka Division ⓘ
Faridpur District ⓘ
linked to: Faridpur

Manikganj District ⓘ
Munshiganj District ⓘ
Rajbari District ⓘ
Rajshahi Division ⓘ
Shariatpur District ⓘ
formsConfluenceAt Chandpur ⓘ
linked to: Chandpur District

Goalundo ⓘ
hasBridge Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Railway Bridge (under construction) ⓘ
linked to: Bangabandhu Bridge

Hardinge Bridge ⓘ
Lalon Shah Bridge ⓘ
Padma Bridge ⓘ
importance one of the main rivers of Bangladesh ⓘ
knownFor frequent channel shifting ⓘ
powerful currents ⓘ
riverbank erosion ⓘ
vast width ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 120 ⓘ
locatedIn Bangladesh ⓘ
majorFishSpecies Boal ⓘ
Catla ⓘ
Hilsa ⓘ
Pangas ⓘ
Rohu ⓘ
mouthLocation Meghna River ⓘ
linked to: Meghna
partOf Ganges–Padma–Meghna river system ⓘ
regulatedBy Farakka Barrage (upstream on the Ganges) ⓘ
linked to: Farakka
sourceRegion India–Bangladesh border region ⓘ
subjectTo dry-season low flow ⓘ
monsoon swelling ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
supportsSector agriculture ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
inland water transport ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rajshahi → locatedOnRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi → borderedBy → Padma River ⓘ
Jamuna River → confluenceWith → Padma River ⓘ
Jamuna River → joins → Padma River ⓘ
Pabna → locatedOnRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Dhaka Division → hasMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Khulna Division → hasMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
subject linked to: Division: Khulna Division
Western Bangladesh → hasMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Padma Nadir Majhi → mainSubject → Padma River ⓘ
Chandpur District → borderedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Goalundo Ghat → locatedOn → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi Division → borderedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi Division → traversedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi Division → locatedOnBankOf → Padma River ⓘ
Eastern Bengal → hadMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi Division → traversedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajshahi Division → hasBorderRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Manikganj District → borderedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Rajbari District → bordersRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Kushtia District → traversedByRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Madaripur District → hasNotableRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Dohar Upazila → locatedOnRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Dohar Upazila → hasBorderWith → Padma River ⓘ
Dohar Upazila → hasRiverBank → Padma River ⓘ
GBM Delta → hasMajorRiverChannel → Padma River ⓘ
Varendra → borderedBy → Padma River ⓘ
City of Rajshahi → locatedOnRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Southern Bangladesh → hasMajorRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Padma Nadir Majhi → setIn → Padma River ⓘ
subject linked to: novel Padma Nadir Majhi
Hardinge Bridge → crosses → Padma River ⓘ
Padma–Jamuna confluence → hasPart → Padma River ⓘ
Padma Bridge → crosses → Padma River ⓘ
Lalon Shah Bridge → crosses → Padma River ⓘ
Goalundo → locatedOnRiver → Padma River ⓘ
Goalundo → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Padma River ⓘ