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cannot be accommodated within the river banks. As a result, the rivers overtop the banks and flood the low-lying areas. Flood level of the Haora river indicates that the danger level is at 10.48 m (34.4 ft), whereas, the extreme danger level is at 10.78 m (35.4 ft). The highest
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All the rivers draining the State originate in the hill ranges and are prone to flood during the rainy season. Whenever the intensity of the rainfall exceeds the normal, the river discharge rises. The volume of water rushing down from the
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This river basin was almost uninhabitated before the 1900. After the partition of India and East Pakistan (presently Bangladesh) huge numbers of Hindu immigrants entered into adjacent Tripura and settled down along the Haora River in the
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Haora River is a rain-fed river, the flow through it is directly related to the amount of rainfall. The annual flow is measured at 36 million cubic metres of water accounting for 4.54% of all river flow in the state
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across the river (bridge piers, causeways, sand bag filling for collecting water and so on), for which the river is being compelled to change its natural flow.
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land for supplying raw materials to the brick industries have also caused the change of the river course, modifying the natural dynamics of the river.
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Since the beginning of twentieth century, the channel of the main Haora River has been modifying over time. Firstly, by the then king
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area of the river within Tripura is 570 km (220 sq mi), comprising 5.43% of the total surface area of the state.
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are the low elevated denudational uplands which are bifurcated by narrow dry up channels, called
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It is one of the ten major rivers flowing in the State of Tripura, the others being: River
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flood level of this river was observed at 11.08 m (36.4 ft) in 2004.
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River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts
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Along the river (roads and embankments in some places) and,
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Bandyopadhyay, Shreya; De, Sunil Kumar (15 July 2018).
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ENVIS Centre: Tripura State Pollution Control Board
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23°32′N 91°22′E / 23.53°N 91.37°E / 23.53; 91.37
West Tripura District
Indian
Tripura
Kokborok
indigenous people
Longai
Juri
Manu
Dhalai
Khowai
Gumati
Muhuri
Feny
Baramura Hill range
Titas river
Bangladesh
basin
Agartala city
Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya
land-use change
Gumati
catchment areas





"Anthropogenic impacts on the morphology of the Haora River, Tripura, India"
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