The Jamuna is one of the three big rivers (Jamuna, Ganges and Padma) whose bank erosion has made about 1.6 million people homeless since 1973 (CEGIS, cited by Akther et al., 2021).
- Name
- Jamuna · যমুনা
- Status
- Erosion
- Length
- 230 km (official river list, 2025)
- Shared with
- India (Joint Rivers Commission)
- On the map
- Drawn on the map
- Map names
- Bank River Jamuna · Brahmaputra · Brahmaputra River · Brahmoputro
What the record says (4)
From 1990 to 2020 the Jamuna's left bank eroded by an average of 52 m a year, its right bank by 12 m a year.
Source: Abdeen et al., 2023
Since 1973, about 1.6 million people have lost their homes to erosion by the Jamuna, Ganges and Padma (CEGIS, 2015).
Source: Akther et al., 2021
About 6.5 million people, 5% of the population, live on chars (river islands).
Source: Kabir et al., 2025
CEGIS and BWDB forecast that erosion by the Jamuna, Padma and Ganges would leave about 21,750 people landless and homeless in 2009 alone, eating 2,178 ha in 17 districts.
Source: The Daily Star, 2009