1)A tributary of the Brahmaputra, the Teesta river originates
from the Tso Lhamo Lake at an elevation of about 5,280 metres in north Sikkim.
2)The river travels for
about 150 km in Sikkim and 123 km in West Bengal, before entering Bangladesh
from Mekhligunj in Cooch Behar district; it flows another 140 km in Bangladesh
and joins the Bay of Bengal.
3)Teesta is Bangladesh’s fourth largest trans-boundary river and
its floodplain covers an area of 2,750 square kilometres in Bangladesh.
4)But 83% of the river’s catchment area lies in India and the
remaining 17% is in Bangladesh, supporting 8.5% of its population and 14% of
its crop production.
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