Trans-boundary river

A Trans-boundary river is a river that crosses at least one political border, either a border within a nation or an international boundary. The country of Bangladesh has the greatest number of these rivers, almost all of which cross national boundaries.

Trans-boundary rivers of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has at least 58 major rivers that enter that nation 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 governing water sharing lead to complex political disputes. [cite web
url=http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/T_0210.htm |title=Trans-boundary Rivers |publisher=Banglapedia |accessdate=2007-07-17]

India and Bangladesh share 54 common rivers of which agreement has been reached only on sharing of waters of the river Ganga (Ganges). The India-Bangladesh Treaty on the Sharing of Ganga Waters was signed on December 12th 1996 and is based on a sharing formula of the flows measured at Farakka,during the lean season each year, from 1st January to 31st May. The 30-year Treaty is renewable by mutual consent. [cite web | url = http://mea.gov.in/foreignrelation/bangladesh.pdf | title =India-Bangladesh Political Relations | accessdate = 2007-12-18 | last = | first = | work = Sharing of River Waters | publisher = Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, February 2007]

ee also

*Dharla River
*Jaldhaka River

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tbpa.net/ Global Trans-bountary Protected Areas Network]
* [http://waterpartners.geo.orst.edu/ Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters]
* [http://www.cec.org/pubs_info_resources/law_treat_agree/transbound_agree/index.cfm?varlan=english Publication and Information Resources]
* [http://www.ppl.nl/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=82 Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law] . Peace Palace Library