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| subdivision_name5 = [[Santiniketan]], Kirnahar ( Mirati ) , Labhpur

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The '''Kopai River''' (also called '''Sal River''') is a tributary of the [[Bakreshwar River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westbengaltourism.gov.in/wb/magnificantgreeneries_westbengal.html |title=Rivers |access-date=2009-02-14
|publisher=West Bengal Tourism |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109225114/http://www.westbengaltourism.gov.in/wb/magnificantgreeneries_westbengal.html |archive-date=November 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://birbhum.gov.in/geog1.htm | title =River System | access-date = 2009-02-14 | publisher = Birbhum district administration}}</ref> It flows past such towns as [[Shantiniketan]], [[Bolpur]], [[Kankalitala]], [[Kirnahar]] and [[Labhpur]] in [[Birbhum district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.bangalinet.com/travel_birbhum.htm | title =Birbhum | access-date = 2009-02-14 | publisher = bangalinet}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> It is a small river in dry season but overflows its banks during the monsoon.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080704/jsp/guwahati/story_9161085.jsp | title = Next weekend you can be at ...Santiniketan | access-date = 2009-02-14 | publisher = The Telegraph, 4 July 2008 | location=Calcutta, India | first=Ritam | last=Halder | date=2008-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Kopai-River-50429.htm | title =Kopai River | access-date = 2009-02-14 | publisher = india9.com}}</ref> There is a name Chhora (ছোড়া) beside this river. Also Nichinta (নিচিন্তা), Rupuspur (রুপুসপুর), Perua, (পেরুয়া) etc are depend on this river.

==Literary association==
The area around the river quite often has purple soil, which forms ravines on the river bank with weathering and is popular as the [[khoai]]. It has inspired literary figures in the area.<ref name=Telegraph/> It is described by [[Rabindranath Tagore]] as follows –
: ''amader chhoto nadi chale banke banke<br/>baisakh mase taar hantu jal thake''<ref>''Sahaj Path'' by Rabindranath Tagore</ref>
::Our small stream moves forward in bends and curves<br/>In the month of [[Baisakh]] it only has knee deep waters

The local name of a sickle-shaped, channel like curve in the river inspired the title of the novel ''[[Hansuli Banker Upakatha (novel)|Hansuli Banker Upakatha]]'' (Story of the Sickle-shaped Curve) by [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], made into a film by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>Mukhopadhyay Manabendra, ''Tarashankarer Birbhum'', ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum Special issue, pp. 259–268, February 2005, Information and Culture Dept., Govt. of West Bengal.</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|id=0322493|title=Hansuli Banker Upakatha}}</ref>

==Archaeology==
[[Microlith]]s of crystalline stone and petrified wood from about 1250–1000 BC are found in many places in the [[Ajay River|Ajay]]-[[Kunur River|Kunur]]-Kopai river system.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tanmoy.tripod.com/bengal/archaeology.html | title = Ancient Bengal in Ancient India| access-date = 2009-02-14 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Environment|Ecology}}
*[[List of rivers of India]]
*[[List of major rivers of India|Rivers of India]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Kopai River}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090308081323/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/maps/birbhum.shtml Map of Birbhum]
{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}

{{Coord|23.86135|N|88.028641|E|source:googlemap_region:IN|format=dms|display=title}}

[[Category:Rivers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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Kamal Guha at 23:24, 12 July 2023