Barak River

This river rises from Mt. Japov (Nagaland), flows southwards in Manipur and makes a hair pin bend. Several of its affluents, which drain the northern part of Mizoram, combine together to flow past Silchar in the Cachar District. The Barak basin has Mawsynram and Cherrapunji which receive the highest rainfall in the world. Consequently, the Barak river discharges heavy quantity of water. It flows to Bangladesh where it is called as Surma. The Barak river meets the Padma at Chandpur below Dacca, after which the combined river of Surma (Barak) and Padma is known as Meghna.