Trans-boundary Rivers  A total of 58 major rivers of Bangladesh have entered the country either from India or from Myanmar. Hydrologically and politically, these 58 trans-boundary rivers are very significant as they carry a lot of sediments to help land accretion in the estuarine region but also raise riverbeds to cause floods. The countries upstream often do not care for international conventions of water sharing and this leads to disputes with complex political implications. The trans-boundary rivers of Bangladesh and the names of the border districts are as follows:

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See map in brahmaputra-jamuna river system; chittagong region river system; ganges-padma river system; river;