Matla River forms a wide estuary in and around the Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal .
8-658: The main stream of the Matla River is divided into two arms near Purandar. One passes through Kultali-Garanbose and then passes through the Sundarbans. The other passes through Basanti, Pathankhali, Surjyaberia, Masjidbati and then meets Bidyadhari River . Lateral connections of the Matla system on the west are Belladonna River, Kultala River, the Piyali -Nabipukur River, the Bainchapi Khal,
16-523: A gradual eastward tilting of the overlying crust the Hooghly-Bhagirathi channels have progressively shifted eastwards since the seventeenth century. 22°08′52″N 88°44′19″E / 22.1477790°N 88.7387310°E / 22.1477790; 88.7387310 This article about a location in West Bengal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
24-634: Is a river in the Indian state of West Bengal . It originates near Haringhata in Nadia district and then flows through Deganga, Habra and Barasat areas of North 24 Parganas before joining the Raimangal River in the Sundarbans . The river has formed a major navigation route for earlier civilisations. The river port of Chandraketugarh in the third century BCE was on the banks of this river. This river has been
32-418: Is located at 22°18′20″N 88°40′46″E / 22.3056°N 88.6795°E / 22.3056; 88.6795 . [REDACTED] Media related to Matla River at Wikimedia Commons 22°11′25″N 88°39′32″E / 22.1903300°N 88.6589100°E / 22.1903300; 88.6589100 Bidyadhari River Bidyadhari River (also spelt Bidyadhari or simply called Bidya ),
40-526: The Harinbhanga River. An abortive attempt was made to establish Port Canning on the Matla in 1860s. About 300,000 pilgrims take a dip at the confluence of the Adi Ganga and Matla rivers at South Bishnupur village on Makar Sankranti day. During the monsoons the Matla becomes so turbulent that it becomes impossible for boats to ferry people. At the same time, the Matla has become so silted that during
48-761: The Kaikalmari River, the Suia River, the Dulibhasani Gang, and the Gokhaltali Gang, On the eastern side the main connections with the Gosaba and Raimangal systems are more intricate and many of the channels are yet to be named. The important channels in this belt are Rupkhali Khal, Pathankhali Nadi, Pirkhali Nadi, Gazikhali Khal, Panchmukhani Khal, Mayanadi Khal, Mayadip River, Bhangaduni River, Kalindi River , Kalgachia River, Raimangal River , Jhilla River, Gonna River, and
56-475: The dry season boats cannot come near the jetties and have to be stationed 460 metres (500 yd) from the jetty. Long stretches of the Matla have embankments to protect villages in the surrounding areas from flooding. A 644-metre (2,113 ft) road bridge across the Matla, was inaugurated by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee , former Chief Minister of West Bengal, in January 2011. It links Canning with Basanti. The bridge
64-507: The major drainage system of North 24 Parganas and Kolkata. The Sundarbans area has a network of interconnecting waterways. The larger channels are often a mile wide running in a north-south direction. The Bidyadhari and other such channels now carry little freshwater as they are mostly cut off from the Ganges, the main source of fresh water. As a result of the subsidence of the Bengal Basin and
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