The Bhairab River

Bhairab river is a river in south of Bangladesh.This river originates from Tengamari border of Meherpur district and passes through the Jessore town.The town Khulna and Jessore are situated on the bank of the Bhairab river.When the river passes through the Khulna,its divided the city into two parts.The river is approximately 218km long and 90m wide.The depth of this river is 15m.Bahirab river has two main branches,the Khulna-Ichamati and the kobadak.The Khulna-Ichanmati forms a boundary between Bangladesh and India. river.The Bhairab river takes off from its older origin the Jalangi,a few miles north of Karimpur(in West Bengal).After a tortuous course towards the south ,it turns to the east forming the boundary line between Meherpur and Karimpur for a short disance and then turning south enters Meherpur and flows past Meherpur town to the south and loses itself in the Mathebhanga close to the east of Kapashdanga.