Talk:Surma River

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Sylheti Language
Sylheti word for river is "Gang" so why does it say the bengali word on Sylheti transliteration? There are folk songs talking about "Surma gang". 2A00:23C4:5F01:D600:FCA9:FB9E:1B9A:6E63 (talk) 18:28, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Merge from Kushiyara River
The Kushiyara River is a branch of the Surma River, the article is short and duplicative of material in this article. It would be more comprehensive to have Kushiyara River redirect here. --Bejnar (talk) 16:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes they are two separate strands of the same river, but they do have diffrent geographies and features they flow thru, affecting the social scenes of villages and towns in many different ways so maybe it is better to keep them separate and try to expand each article.Saajan99 (talk) 14:04, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Expansion doesn't seem to be working. --Bejnar (talk) 03:28, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Kushiyara is not a branch of Surma. Rather both are branches of the Barak River. Shovon (talk) 10:01, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This group of rivers and their names is somewhat confusing. I can see that both the Surma and Kushiyara are branches of the Barak. Could they also be called branches/tributaries of the Meghna? Their (re)-joining marks the start of the name "Meghna", doesn't it? Pfly (talk) 10:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, can I ask why you added the cat & project "Assam"? I don't mind, but am curious. From what I understand (which I admit is not much!), the Surma is entirely, or nearly entirely in Bangladesh, no? Is it because of the Barak? Does it, or its drainage basin, extend into Assam? I recently have spent time trying to understand this river system, and it seemed odd that the Barak River does not have a page of its own. I understand that the Barak is a continuation of the Surma, in a sense, but then, can't the same be said for the Jamuna, Brahmaputra, and Yarlung Zangbo River? Or the Ganges and the Bhagirathi River, which have separate pages? Pfly (talk) 10:35, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) Yes. A bit confusing indeed. Barak originates from Manipur and flows in to the part of Assam which is called Barak Valley. It splits in to two at a place called Haritikar, near the India-Bangladesh border. One of the branches is then known as Surma and the other, Kushiyara. They rejoin in Bangladesh and is known as Meghna there. Technically, they are not the branches or tributaries of Meghna. I added the Assam template, because this river officially originates (if we are permitted to use the word "originates", as this is a natural continuation of Barak) from inside the territory of Assam. :) Shovon (talk) 10:41, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah ha, okay, thanks--I didn't realize the Barak flowed through Assam at all. The branching and rejoining and renaming is still confusing, but that kind of thing seems to be fairly common in the general region. Pfly (talk) 11:08, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

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