#TBT Red River Delta

Originally published on 2017-03-25

Cross-border riverine issues have long been of interest to me. In 1995, my husband and I visited Assam and even took a rafting trip on one of the Brahmputra's tributaries. In 1998, I had the privilege of going to Tibet, where I traveled along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, as the river is known in its upper reaches.

Last month, the East-West Center in Washington, DC hosted a seminar on The Upstream Superpower: China’s Transboundary River Policies, presented by Dr. Selina Ho of the National University of Singapore. The entire seminar is presented below (apologies for the video quality, but that’s what E-W Center provided):



An audience member raised the issue of the Red River, which flows through China and Vietnam. Naturally, I had to launch ArcMap to create a map. You may see the map of the Red River Delta and find information about how I created the map on the Bahu of Bengal Facebook page.

UNESCO has designated the Red River Delta as a biosphere reserve notable for mangroves and intertidal habitats.

Map of West Bengal #India

If you've noticed, I added a TripIt badge to the sidebar, which shows that I'm going to Kolkata (Calcutta) on Thursday.  This inspired me to create a map of West Bengal, complete with inset map showing the location of West Bengal in India:

I used two data layers, one for the map of West Bengal, and the other for the inset map.

You may download a zip file containing the map of West Bengal in JPEG, PDF, and ArcMap (.mxd) formats.

Rivers of India

Rivers of India by Sunil Vaidyanathan
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Cheap pressing. Simplistic text. Single fold-out map features rivers symbolized with thick blue lines. Would have liked more detailed maps for each of the chapters.


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OK, I would have liked better maps, so I created my own with data in ArcMap, using free data from Esri:

Rivers of India

The map has been formatted to a standard 8.5" x 11" sheet (US).

You may download the JPEG image of Rivers of India or the PDF file of Rivers of India from Google Drive.  One problem is the overprint of place names, but I couldn't toggle the options on and off. :-(

Alternatively, if you would like to play around with the data itself download the Rivers of India ArcMap document (.mxd).