Jalangi River
Jalangi River (Bengali: জলঙ্গী নদী), is a branch of the Ganges river in Murshidabad and Nadia districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. It flows into the Bhagirathi river and strengthens its lower channel, the Hooghly.
| Jalangi River খড়িয়া | |
|---|---|
| Native name | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| One of the three Nadia Rivers | |
| District | Murshidabad and Nadia |
| Cities | Krishnanagar, Tehatta, Mayapur |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | River Padma |
| • location | The Jalangi leaves the Ganges or Padma at Char Madhubona in Karimpur-I, Nadia district |
| • coordinates | 20°05′26″N 88°41′53″E |
| Mouth | Bhagirathi |
• location | Swarupganj, opposite Nabadwip, the birth-place of Sri Chaitanya |
• coordinates | 23°29′23″N 88°28′57″E |
| Length | 233 km (145 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,815.33 km2 (1,087.00 sq mi) |
| Width | |
| • minimum | 75.89 m (0.04716 mi) at Moktarpur–Chandpur |
| • average | 162.58 m (0.10102 mi) |
| • maximum | 224.21 m (0.13932 mi) at Moktarpur–Velanagar |
| Depth | |
| • minimum | 0.82 m (0.00051 mi) at Jitpur-Saguna cross section |
| • maximum | 7.74 m (0.00481 mi) at Sibpur-Hatishala cross section |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bhagirathi-Hooghly |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bhairab Khal (different from Bhairab river and a different channel), Kesto-Raier Khal, Saraswati Khal, Anjana River |
| • right | Sialmari, Bhairab River, Chhoto Bhairab, Gobra-Suti Nala, Kalma Khal |
The river below the point where the Jalangi meets the Ganges is known as the Hooghly and the course above it, from the point of its separation from the main flow of the Ganges to its confluence with the Jalangi, is called the Bhagirathi.
Ghurni, a neighbourhood of Krishnanagar, a centre for the production of clay dolls, often referred to as Krishnanagar clay dolls, is located on the banks of the Jalangi. Nabadwip, the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is located in the west bank of the united flow of river Jalangi and Bhagirathi. Mayapur is located at the confluence of the Jalanagi and Bhagirathi.