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Kaptai Lake is the largest lake in Bangladesh.[1] It is located in the Kaptai Upazila under Rangamati District of Chittagong Division. The lake was created as a result of building the Kaptai Dam on the Karnaphuli River, as part of the Karnaphuli Hydro-electric project. Kaptai Lake's average depth is 100 feet (30 m) and maximum depth is 490 feet (150 m).

Kaptai Lake
Kaptai Lake
Location	South-Eastern Bangladesh
Coordinates	22°29′45″N 92°13′45″E
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Karnaphuli River
Primary outflows	Karnaphuli River
Catchment area	11,122 km2 (4,294 sq mi) [original research?]
Basin countries	Bangladesh
Average depth	100 ft (30 m)
Max. depth	495 ft (151 m)

History

Construction of the reservoir for the hydro-electric plant began in 1956 by the Government of East Pakistan.[2] As a result, 54,000 acres (220 km²) of farmland in the Rangamati District went underwater and created the lake. The hydro-electric project was funded by the United States. The project was finished in 1962. International Engineering Company and Utah International Inc. received the contract for construction of the dam. The dam is 670.8 meters long, and 54.7 meters high. The dam has a 745 feet (227 m) long spillway containing 16 gates. Through the spillway 5,250,000 cu ft/s (149,000 m³/s) of water can pass.

The land that went underwater as a result of the dam construction, was 40% of the total arable land in the area. Along with that, 29 square miles (75 km²) of the Government-owned forest, and 234 square miles (610 km²) of other forest land went underwater. About 18,000 hagu families with a total of almost 100 thousand people were also displaced. The palace of the king of the Chakmas was also flooded and is now underwater.[2]

Gallery

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  Hanging Bridge
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  the lake
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  Boat on the lake
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  View of Kaptai lake, Rangamati
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  Wooden boats
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  Sunset on the lake

See also

• Mahamaya irrigation project
• Kaptai National Park

References

External links

• Kaptai Lake at Banglapedia
• Kaptai Lake Rangamati at Travel Mate

На других языках

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[de] Karnaphuli-Stausee

Der Karnaphuli-Stausee (auch Karnaphuli- bzw. Kaptai-Talsperre, bengalisch .mw-parser-output .Beng{font-size:110%}কাপ্তাই হ্রদ) ist die größte Talsperre mit dem einzigen Wasserkraftwerk in Bangladesch. Fertigstellung war im Jahr 1962, damals noch in Ost-Pakistan. Durch den Bau des Staudammes wurde der Fluss Karnaphuli zu einem großen Stausee aufgestaut. Er liegt im Südosten des Landes im Distrikt Rangamati bei dem Ort Kaptai, rund 65 km flussaufwärts von Chittagong.

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- [en] Kaptai Lake

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[fr] Lac Kaptai

Le lac Kaptai est le plus grand lac artificiel du Bangladesh[1]. Il est situé dans le Kupazila de Kaptai, dans le district de Rangamati de la division de Chittagong. Le lac a été créé à la suite de la construction du barrage de Kaptai sur la rivière Karnaphuli, dans le cadre du projet hydroélectrique de Karnaphuli. La profondeur moyenne du lac Kaptai est de 30 m et la profondeur maximale est de 150 m.

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