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2.1	The Karnaphuli river	38
2.2	The Karnaphuli river and international borders today	39
2.3	The Karnaphuli river system, pre-1860	40
2.4	Chittagong and its river harbour in 1837 CE	42
2.5	Colonial border troops on the Karnaphuli riverbank in Tlabung/Demagiri, the boundary between the British-controlled foothills and the independent uplands, in 1882. These Gorkha soldiers from present-day Nepal are pointing their guns eastwards	45
2.6	Boats on the Karnaphuli that were used for the British attack on the Lushai Hills (Mizoram) in 1889–1890 (Shakespear 1929, facing 76).	46
2.7 and 2.8	Missionaries and their servants abandoning boats at Barkal, and Santal labourers standing by, ready to push their trolley across the rapids, 1904	48
2.9	Travellers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, 1940s	48
2.10	A bamboo raft used as a ferry to cross the Karnaphuli (here known as the Khawthlangtuipui) near the Tuichawng tributary in Mizoram, 1930s	49
2.11	A bus crossing the Karnaphuli, 1950s	49
2.12	The Karnaphuli river system, 1890–1947	50
2.13	The Karnaphuli river system, 1947–1960	51
2.14	Boatman on the Kawrpui (Thega) river: Bangladeshi territory to the left, Indian territory to the right, 2000	51
2.15	Scum from the Paper Mill at Chandraghona, 1962	53
2.16	The Karnaphuli river system, 1960–1971	54
2.17	The Karnaphuli river system, 1971–present	55
2.18	The Kaptai dam, 1964–65	55
2.19	Boats and bamboo rafts waiting to be transported across the Kaptai dam, 1970s	56
2.20	Bangladesh army personnel and Bengali settlers terrorizing local inhabitants	56
2.21	Fishermen on the Karnaphuli near Tlabung (India) in 2000. Here the river is known as Khawthlangtuipui	59
2.22	Ships on the lower Karnaphuli near Chittagong	60
7.1	Map of Baseco compound 2025	140
7.2	Residents digging makeshift drainage	145
7.3	Trash left behind after Typhoon Vamco	146
9.1	Canoeing on the Murray river	179
9.2	Natural waterscape: the Murray river at Mildura	181
9.3	The Sheer Joy of growing my own food	183
10.1	An entry-exit to the river port	196
10.2	Vendors selling Hilsa fish to the passengers on a launch	197
10.3	Squatters beside the river port	198
10.4	An informal market on the street	199
10.5	Housing on the riverbank	199
10.6	The fish market	202
10.7	Fishermen preparing nets	204
10.8	The tourist spot near the confluence of the Meghna-Dakatia-Padma	205
11.1	Resource use map. Approximate location of Iban resource use until the 1980s (Temburong District)	220
11.2	The terrain near Wong Wan	226
11.3	Classification of a river section	229
12.1	Major rivers in Sabah	240
12.2	Sarawak major rivers and sea routes	241
12.3	Major rivers of Brunei	241
13.1	Map showing the reservoir area flooded by the construction of the LS2 and the resettled villages	267
13.2	A newly built but understaffed school in the resettled Sre Srenok village	277
13.3	A villager’s written knowledge contribution in the first workshop	280
16.1	The vectors of ‘technology’ and ‘craftsmanship’	327
16.2	Plan of itachi-suisei river groynes (Nakamura 2006)	328
16.3	Soda mattress settled in riverbed	330
16.4	The effect of a soda mattress	330
16.5	Each step in the creation of a soda mattress	331
17.1	Research framework	351
17.2	Location and environment of the study area	356
17.3	River networks, soils and environment	357
17.4	Villages and cultivation along riverine network	361
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7.1	Community-level evacuation arrangement during periods of flooding	148
9.1	Open-ended questions	175
9.2	Comparative household income in Mildura and Albury/Wodonga	178
11.1	Place names	224
12.1	Employment by race in Sarawak, 1935 (Number)	249
12.2	Employment by Race in Sabah, 1952	250
12.3	Export of forest produces in Sabah, 1938–53 (In Tonnes)	250
12.4	Exports of Forest products in Sarawak, 1870–1960	251
12.5	Sabah timber exports, 1938–53	252
12.6	Sarawak timber exports, 1930–60	252
12.7	Output of estate tobacco in Sabah, 1914–29	253
12.8	Rubber exports from Sabah, 1910–1931	254

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Fluid Phenomena

The River and Anthropocene Life-world in the Asia-Pacific

Series: African and Asian Anthropocene: Studies in the Environmental Humanities, Volume: 02

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Print Publication Date:: 31 Mar 2026

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