Mundeswari River | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Damodar River |
• location | Bardhaman district, West Bengal |
Discharge | |
• location | Rupnarayan River |
Mundeswari river is a small river in West Bengal which causes floods in Hooghly, Purba Medinipur and Howrah districts during the monsoons. Any discharge above 2,000 cubic metres per second (70,000 cu ft/s) downstream of Durgapur Barrage occasionally causes the river to flood.[1] It has been suggested that the banks of rivers such as the Mundeswari should be protected with embankments to prevent floods.[2]