| Barak River | |
|---|---|
 Barak river going through Silchar city | |
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| Location | |
| Countries | India and Bangladesh |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Liyai Khullen Village |
| • location | Khongnem, India |
| • coordinates | 25°21′58″N 94°03′48″E / 25.3661°N 94.0633°E |
| • elevation | 987 m (3,238 ft) |
| Mouth | Bay of Bengal |
• location | Kandigram Chaita, India |
• coordinates | 24°52′35″N 92°29′23″E / 24.8764°N 92.4896°E |
• elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Length | 900 km (560 mi) |
| Basin size | 52,000 km2 (20,000 sq mi) |
The Barak River or Barbakro flows 900 kilometres (560 mi)[1][2] through the states of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam in India. It flows into Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converge again to become the Meghna river before forming the Ganges Delta. Of its total length, 524 km (326 mi) is in India, 31 km (19 mi) in Bangladesh. The upper part of its navigable part is in India — 121 km (75 mi) between Lakhipur and Bhanga, declared as National Waterway 6, (NW-6) since the year 2016.[3][4] It drains a basin of 52,000 km2 (20,000 sq mi),[1] of which 41,723 km2 (16,109 sq mi) lies in India, 1.38% (rounded) of the country.[5] The water and banks host or are visited by a wide variety of flora and fauna.
The principal tributaries are all in India: the Irang, Tuivai, Sonai (or Tuirial), the Jiri, the Tlawng (or Dhaleswari, or Katakal), the Jatinga, the Longai and the Madhura.
Tipaimukh Dam is a proposed dam on the river itself.[6]
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- ^ "National Waterways 16 | Inland Waterways Authority of India, Government of India". iwai.npglobal.in. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Barak River System | Water Resources | Government Of Assam, India". waterresources.assam.gov.in. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Tipaimukh Dam Controversy". GKToday. Retrieved 20 December 2019.