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River atlasEvery mapped river, coloured by what the record saysBefore and afterSatellite pictures of ten places, then and nowRivers105 river records

The record

Official listAll 1,415 rivers on the government's list, searchableShared rivers57 rivers that cross the borderMissing riversStruck off, never counted, or on no map

People and the law

Who is affectedFamilies, farmers, fishers and the cityEnforcement204 actions against river grabbing, and what came of them

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EvidenceEvery figure with its source and exact wordsArchiveWhat the collection holds, and what is still to comeThe programmeThe 25-day campaign this atlas serves

River atlas

Each river is marked only by what a published source says about it. Tap a river to read its label.

On the map
49 drawn as lines13 at a named map point8 in the upazilas the official list names9 can't be placed (a shared name, or not found)
Outlined rivers are on the Joint Rivers Commission's list of 57. See the table

How many of the 1,415 rivers on the government's April 2025 list flow through each district. A river that crosses districts counts in each. Rivers left off the list (many in the hills and the Sundarbans) are not counted. Tap a district for its number.

  • Fewer than 10
  • 10 to 19
  • 20 to 39
  • 40 to 59
  • 60 or more

Source: official river list, 2025 · see all 1,415

People and organisations the district administrations listed as illegally occupying rivers, canals and water bodies, for the river commission's 2022 annual report: 28,799 in 62 districts, of whom 9,611 were evicted in 2021 and 3,508 in 2022. Tap a district.

  • None listed
  • 1 to 99
  • 100 to 299
  • 300 to 999
  • 1,000 or more
  • No data (Madaripur, Meherpur)

Source: NRCC Annual Report 2022 · see the table

Satellite record of every 30 m pixel of water, 1984 to 2021 (Pekel et al., Nature, 2016; EC JRC). Zoom in to a river.

  • Permanent water lost
  • Permanent water became seasonal
  • Seasonal water lost
  • Permanent water, still there
  • Seasonal water, still there
  • New permanent water
  • New seasonal water

    Sources: RDRC 2025 · The Daily Star 2025 · lines © OpenStreetMap. Some rivers in the studies share a name with others or aren't in OpenStreetMap, so not all are drawn: see the full list.

    হাজার নদীর বাংলাদেশRivers of Resilience

    An evidence atlas prepared by Content Analytics & Production Ltd. (CAP Ltd.) and Rolling Realms for the national advocacy programme. Every figure links to its source on the Evidence page.

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    • River atlas
    • Before and after
    • Rivers

    The record

    • Official list
    • Shared rivers
    • Missing rivers

    People and the law

    • Who is affected
    • Enforcement

    About

    • Evidence
    • Archive
    • The programme

    Map and image data

    • Rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
    • Boundaries: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0)
    • Satellite: USGS Landsat via Microsoft Planetary Computer
    • Surface water: EC JRC / Google (Global Surface Water)
    • Imagery: Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community (World Imagery Wayback)

    Prototype for discussion, prepared September 2026. Status labels on rivers come only from the published sources named with them; a river without a label has not been assessed, which does not mean it is healthy.