The Meghna is the widest river of Bangladesh.The origin of the Meghna river is Lusai hill which is situated in Naga Monipur of Asam.Meghna is formed in Bangladesh by joining of Surma and Kushiyara.These rivers originats from the hilly regions of eastern India.The Meghna river is famous for its great estuary that discharges the flow of the Padma, the Brahmaputra, the Jamuna and the Meghna itself.The river meets Padma river in Chadpur district.The length of Meghna river is 330km and width is 13km.The depth of this river is 0.027km.The river ultimately flows into the Bay of Bengal in Bhola district.Near Bhola ,just before flowing into the Bay of Bengal,the river divided into two main streams in the Ganges delta and separates an island from the both side of mainland.The western stream is called Ilsha and eastern stream is called Bamni.The Meghna meets Brahmaputra river on its right at Bhairab Bazar.It has a railway bridge(Bhairab Bridge) and a road bridge (Bangldesh-UK-Friendship Bridge) over it.
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