Climate Change: River Morphology and Local Indigenous Adaptation Technique in Jamuna River Mahmud Hasan Tuhin 1 , Rahman Mohammad Arifur 1 , Md. Mosiur Rhaman 1 , Rahman Md. Munsur 2 1 Student and 2 Professor Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka- 1000, Bangladesh Home stead Destruction Agricultural land Destruction Relocation and Migration Bank material erosion Erosion at the door step Very high or low rainfall Sea level rise Changes in river sediment transport and flood regimes Disturbance in requiring long periods of adjustment in fluvial processes and morphological forms Rapid morphological change in river for the exceptional change in water level caused by sudden rain fall Change in soil moisture due to shifting rainfall Change in seasonality Change in River Morphology Rapid change in river morphology cause massive riverbank erosion at the up stream of the Bangabandhu Bridge (Courtesy: CEGIS) Indigenous Adaptation Techniques Bamboo pilling (85%) Sand bag filling (80%)* Temporary house (60%) Bandaling (10%)* Abstract ID: ISCC 11139 Migration in different location (90%)* Moved toward char land (20%) Natural vegetation cover for erosion protection (30%) Moveable assets such as cattle instead for permanent asset like pacca house (65%) * Percentage (%) on the basis of local people’s perception for adaptation to riverbank erosion All the photographs and data were collected during field survey in 2010