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Mundeswari River

Field	Value
name	Mundeswari River
map	Damodar Map.jpg
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	India
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	West Bengal
discharge1_location	Rupnarayan River
source1	Damodar River
source1_location	Bardhaman district, West Bengal

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 70000 ft3/s downstream of Durgapur Barrage occasionally causes the river to flood.{{cite web | access-date = 2007-02-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081011042419/http://www.dvlp.com/temp/water_irrigation/flood_mgmt/index2.htm | archive-date = 11 October 2008 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2007-02-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012232133/http://www.dams.org/kbase/submissions/showsub.php?rec=SOC003 | archive-date = 12 October 2007 | url-status = dead

History

The river is not mentioned in the 1910 district gazetteers, but it is mentioned in the 1994 Bardhaman District gazetteer.

During the devastating floods of 1914, the Damodar River split in two. One part joined the Mundeswari and the main channel of water of the Damodar now flows into the Mundeswari, turning it into a major river.

Geography

It originates as a canal from Ramchandrapur, a village in Madabdihi at the police station in Raina II block of the Bardhaman district. It flows past Kaiti Chakbhura and enters the Hooghly District. It ultimately flows into the Rupnarayan River.

References

Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang. bn, Vol I, p 33, Radical Impression. {{ISBN. 81-85459-36-3

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