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{{Infobox river<br />
| name = Khowai River<br />
| name_native = খোয়াই নদী<br />
| image = Khowai River.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Khowai River at Teliamura<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Countries<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[States of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tripura]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]]<br />
| length = {{convert|166|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
| source1_location = [[Atharamura]] Hills<br />
}}<br />
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'''Khowai River''' is a [[trans-boundary river]] that originates in the eastern part of the [[Atharamura]] Hills of [[Tripura]] in [[India]].<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
Flowing north-north-west, it leaves India at [[Khowai]], and enters [[Bangladesh]] at Balla in [[Habiganj District]]. The river passes east of [[Habiganj]] town, where it is under pressure from encroachment and pollution. North of town it turns west, and joins the [[Kushiyara River|Kushiyara]] near Adampur in [[Lakhai Upazila]], [[Kishoreganj District]]. The river is 166&nbsp;km long. It is the second longest river of [[Tripura]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Murshed |first=Md Mahbub |year=2012 |chapter=Khowai River |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khowai_River |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tripura Geography for the preparation of TPSC examinations...|url=https://tripuraexam.in/geography.php|access-date=2020-10-29|website=tripuraexam.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Save Khowai River from land grabbers|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/save-khowai-river-from-land-grabbers-19188|date=2014-04-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[List of rivers of Bangladesh]]<br />
*[[List of rivers of India]]<br />
*[[List of major rivers of India|Rivers of India]]<br />
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{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:International rivers of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Tripura]]<br />
[[Category:Bay of Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Habiganj District]]<br />
[[Category:Kishoreganj District]]<br />
[[Category:Distributaries of the Ganges]]<!--at Ganges Delta--><br />
[[Category:Rivers of India]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Sylhet Division]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Dhaka Division]]<br />
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