The Damodar River

The Damodar drains the eastern parts of the Chotanagpur Plateau. This river runs from west to east and, in the narrow bottleneck at Asansol, it emerges on the deltaic plains of Bengal. Barakar is the largest feeder of the Damodar river which meets the main river above Asansol. Below Bardhaman (Burdwan), the river makes a right-angled bend and meets the Hughli river at Falta to the north of Kolkata.