Tista River

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Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

NH10 winds along the banks of the river Teesta near Kalimpong
Tista River at Peshok Teas Estate

Trishna (तृष्णा) or Tistha (तिष्ठा) is a tributary river of Brahmaputra River that flows in northrn Bengal.

Course of Tista River

Teesta River (or Tista River) is a 315 km long river that rises in the eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of West Bengal and Sikkim through Bangladesh and enters the Bay of Bengal.[1] It forms the border between Sikkim and West Bengal. In India, it flows through the cities of Rangpo, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri and Mekhliganj. It joins the Jamuna River at Fulchhari in Bangladesh.

Variants

History

तिष्ठा - तृष्णा

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ...तृष्णा (AS, p.410): ब्रह्मपुत्र की सहायक नदी तिष्ठा जो उत्तरी बंगाल में बहती है.

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References

  1. Mullick, M. R. A.; Babel, M. S.; Perret, S. R. (2011). "Discharge‐based economic valuation of irrigation water: Evidence from the Teesta River, Bangladesh" (PDF). Irrigation and Drainage. 60 (4): 481−492. doi:10.1002/ird.597.
  2. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.410