Dhaleshwari River

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File:Dhaleshwari River - Lauhati, Delduar, Tangail.jpg

The Dhaleshwari River ({{langx|bn|ধলেশ্বরী|Dhalēśbarī}} , Dhôleshshori) is a distributary, {{convert|160|km|mi}} long, of the Jamuna River in central Bangladesh. It branches off the Jamuna near the northwestern tip of Tangail District into a north branch that retains the name Dhaleshwari and merges with the other branch, the Kaliganga River at the southern part of Manikganj District. Finally the merged flow meets the Shitalakshya River near Narayanganj District. This combined flow goes southwards to merge into the Meghna River.

Average depth of river is {{convert|122|ft|m}} and maximum depth is {{convert|265|ft|m}}.

Water pollution of the Dhaleshwari River by the textile industry has been described by academics as an ecocide.{{Citation |last=Suny |first=Rabby Us |title=Political Economy of River Ecocide in Bangladesh: A Study in the Context of Dhaleshwari River |date=2022-06-20 |url=https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789811263750_0005 |work=Politics of Climate Change |pages=83–103 |access-date=2023-07-10 |publisher=WORLD SCIENTIFIC |doi=10.1142/9789811263750_0005 |isbn=978-981-12-6374-3 |last2=Sarkar |first2=Oliver Tirtho |last3=Hasan |first3=Md Abid}}