paragraph padma river：Padma River | Bangladesh, Map

Padma River, main channel of the greater Ganges (Ganga) River[1] in Bangladesh[2]. For some 90 miles (145 km) the Ganges River forms the western boundary between India and Bangladesh before it enters Bangladesh at the northern edge of the Kushtia[3] district as the upper segment of the Padma River. The upper Padma flows southeastward to receive the mighty Jamuna River (the name of the Brahmaputra[4] in Bangladesh) near Rajbari. The combined flow of those two rivers constitutes[5] the lower segment of the Padma, which continues to flow southeastward through central Bangladesh to join the Meghna River[6] near Chandpur[7] and to empty into the Bay of Bengal[8].

The Padma River is known for heavy bank erosion, shifting channels, and sandbars that continually emerge in its course. Its main tributary is the Mahananda[9]; its principal distributary is the Madhumati[10] (called the Garai in its upper course). The flow of the Padma is co...