Pasur River

The Pasur is a river in southwestern Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges. It continues the Rupsa River. All the distributaries of the Pasur are tidal.^[1] It meets the Shibsa River in the Sundarbans. Near the sea, it becomes the Kunga River.^[2] The Pasur is one of the deepest and navigable rivers in Bangladesh.

Pasur River
Location in Bangladesh
Location
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Khulna Division
District	Khulna, Bagerhat
Physical characteristics
Source	Rupsha River
Mouth	Bay of Bengal
• coordinates	21°45′N 89°30′E
Length	142 km (88 mi)

It is home to Sundarbans Firefly Sanctuary, a wildlife sanctuary for regional wildlife, including the Bengal tiger.

Course

The Pasur leaves the Madhumati River (there called the Baleswar) northeast of Khulna city and flows some 110 miles southward past the port at Mongla and through the swampy Sundarbans region to the Bay of Bengal.^[3]