{"id":367386,"date":"2026-07-14T15:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367386"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:04:28","slug":"khawthlangtuipui-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/khawthlangtuipui-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Khawthlangtuipui River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Over 80 families were evacuated in Mizoram&#8217;s Lunglei district after the Khawthlangtuipui River overflowed following heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Khawthlangtuipui River<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQsy-X6bZr-k6YeHy6ekuT104iEchtxfJEznPCr366X8DUVxw8mcURaXTC&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Karnaphuli river\" width=\"280\" height=\"370\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Khawthlangtuipui River is a <strong>transboundary river<\/strong> flowing<strong> through India and Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as<strong> Karnaphuli River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originates in the<strong> Lushai Hills of Mizoram.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It flows 270 kilometres (170 mi) s<strong>outhwest through Chittagong Hill Tracts and Chittagong into the Bay of Bengal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> Its key tributaries are <strong>Kawrpui River or Thega River, Tuichawng River, and Phairuang River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ports:<\/strong> The river&#8217;s downstream section facilitates <strong>maritime navigation and provides access to the Port of Chittagong.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lake:<\/strong> The<strong> Kaptai Lake,<\/strong> situated in the north-east region of Bangladesh, was\u00a0created by impounding an artificial earth-dam on the<strong> Karnaphuli river for hydropower generation<\/strong>. The dam is known as<strong> Kaptai Dam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Over 80 families were evacuated in Mizoram&#8217;s Lunglei district after the Khawthlangtuipui River overflowed following heavy rainfall. About Khawthlangtuipui River The Khawthlangtuipui River is a transboundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh.\u00a0 It is also known as Karnaphuli River. Origin: It originates in the Lushai Hills of Mizoram. It flows 270 kilometres (170 mi)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/khawthlangtuipui-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Khawthlangtuipui River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,11318],"class_list":["post-367386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-new-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}