Kapotaksha River

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The Kapotaksha River is a historically and culturally significant river in southwestern Bangladesh, often celebrated in Bengali literature and poetry.

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Kapotaksha River canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Kapataksha River
Kobadak River
basinCountry Bangladesh
continent Asia
country Bangladesh
describedAs culturally significant river of Bangladesh
historically significant river of Bangladesh
drainageBasin southwestern Bangladesh
drainsInto Bay of Bengal (indirectly through deltaic channels)
environmentalIssue reduced water flow
riverbed encroachment
siltation
flowsThrough Jessore District
linked to: Jashore District

Khulna District
Satkhira District
hasCulturalSignificance Bangladeshi culture
Bengali literature
Bengali poetry
hasEconomicImportance inland fisheries
local agriculture
hasEcosystem brackish water ecosystem
freshwater ecosystem
hasHistoricalSignificance regional trade routes in southwestern Bengal
hasNearbySettlement Jessore
Khulna
Satkhira
linked to: Satkhira District
hasUse fishing
irrigation
local transportation
hasWatercourseSystem Ganges Delta
inspiredWork Bengali folk songs
poems by Jibanananda Das
languageOfName Bengali language
locatedIn southwestern Bangladesh
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Jessore District
linked to: Jashore District

Khulna District
Khulna Division
Satkhira District
locatedInProtectedArea Sundarbans region (downstream influence)
linked to: Sundarbans
mentionedInWork Kobor poem
mouthOfWatercourse Kobadak River
partOf Bangladesh river network
Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system
region South Asia
watercourseType tidal river

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Khulna Division hasMajorRiver Kapotaksha River
subject linked to: Division: Khulna Division
Jashore District hasMajorRiver Kapotaksha River
subject linked to: Jashore District, Bangladesh