It originates near Haringhata in Nadia district and then flows through Deganga, Habra and Barasat areas of North 24 Parganas before joining the Raimangal River in the Sundarbans.

[1] The river has formed a major navigation route for earlier civilisations.

The larger channels are often a mile wide running in a north-south direction.

The Bidyadhari and other such channels now carry little freshwater as they are mostly cut off from the Ganges, the main source of fresh water.

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