Titas Titash | |
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![]() Titas River, seen from Brahmanbaria | |
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Etymology | Possibly from Bengali তিতা (tita), meaning "bitter" or "wet" [1] |
Native name | তিতাস (Bengali) |
Location | |
Division | Chittagong |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Meghna River |
Mouth | |
• location | Bay of Bengal via the Meghna River |
Length | 98 kilometres (61 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Surma-Meghna River System |
The Titas (Bengali : তিতাসTitāsa; also Romanized Titash) is a river in Bangladesh which merges into the Meghna river and forms part of the Surma-Meghna River System. Titas starts its journey from Sarail Upazila, Brahmanbaria. The river is 98 kilometres (61 mi) long and again meets the Meghna river near Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria. [2] Bangladesh's first Y-shaped bridge is over this river connecting Cumilla and Brahmanbaria. [3]
Titas Gas, the biggest natural gas reserve of Bangladesh located in Brahmanbaria, which supplies gas to capital Dhaka, is named after this river. One of the offshoots of the Meghna river is also named as the Titas. [2] The river has become narrow and shallow in many places due to siltation. [4]
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Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It lies about 100 kilometres south east of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to the south, Tripura state of India to the east and Munshiganj and Chandpur districts to the west.
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