History Padma River
padma river , boats (1860)
eighteenth-century geographer james rennell referred former course of ganges north of present channel, follows:
appearances favour ganges had former bed in tract occupied lakes , morasses between natore , jaffiergunge, striking out of present course bauleah junction of burrrampooter or megna near fringybazar, accumulation of 2 such mighty streams scooped out present amazing bed of megna.
the places mentioned rennell proceeding west east rampur boali, headquarters of rajshahi district, puthia , natore in same district , jaffarganj in district of dhaka. place last named shown in map of mymensingh district dated 1861, subdistrict (thana) headquarters, 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of bera upazila police station. known payla jaffarganj , close elachipur opposite goalunda. according rennell s theory, therefore, probable former course of ganges correspond of present channel of baral river.
authorities agree ganges has changed course , @ different times, each of distributaries might have been carrier of main stream.
the bed of padma wide, , river split several channels flowing between shifting sand banks , islands. during rains current strong , steamers may find difficulty in making headway against it. navigable @ seasons of year steamers , country boats of sizes , until ranked 1 of frequented waterways in world. spanned near paksey great hardinge bridge on runs 1 of main lines of bangladesh railway.
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