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Reservoir a receptacle, constructed (of earthwork, concrete dam) to contain and store a large supply of water. This stored water may be used for generation of hydro-electricity and irrigation (eg kaptai lake), or other purposes. Also a place or area in which water naturally collects in large quantities, like bagakain lake and Rinkhyongkine Lake of chittagong hill tracts.
List of the major reservoirs and their uses in Bangladesh:
| Lakes |
Characteristics
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Use
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| Rinkhyongkine
Lake, Bandarban
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1,609
km long and 0.25 km wide, watershed of the Rinkhyong river
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River
navigation, fishing and important water source for the nearby elephant
habitat
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| Bogakine
Lake, Chittagong
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Small
and parallelogram shaped
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Navigation,
household use and irrigation
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| Kaptai
Lake, Chittagong
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567
sq km
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Hydroelectricity
generation, navigation, fishing and irrigation
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| Foys
[Foyej] Lake, Chittagong
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136
ha |
Water
supply for railway area and important recreational site
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| Ahshula
Rwadh [Hrad], Eastern Barind
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Steep
bank, deep lake, northwest to southeast alignment, a block fault
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Use
for household and important irrigation supply source
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The term may also refer to subsurface water reservoir (aquifer), coal reservoir (eg Jamalganj), natural gas reservoir (eg Chhatak, Kailastila, Bakhrabad etc) and oil reservoir. The subsurface water reservoirs are mainly of Dupi Tila sandstone all over the country, which is porous and permeable. [Mohd Shamsul Alam]
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