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The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Southwestern China, Northeastern India, and Bangladesh.It is known as Brahmaputra or Luit in Assamese, Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, and Jamuna River in Bengali.
In 2013, the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries flooded, triggered by heavy rainfall at the end of June in the neighboring state of Arunachal Pradesh state through Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. [4] This series of floods submerged 12 districts out of 27 in the state of Assam, where more than 1,00,000 people were affected.
This is a list of dams on the Brahmaputra River and hydro–infrastructure in the Brahmaputra River Basin which is a key constituent of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin of Himalayan rivers. Brahmaputra originates near Mount Kailash , flows through Tibet where it is called Yarlung Tsangpo .
Majuli (Mazuli) [1] is a large river island located in Assam, India. It is formed by the Brahmaputra River to the south and east, the Subansiri River to the west, and an anabranch of the Brahmaputra River. The island is inhabited by members of the Mising, Deori, and Sonowal Kachari tribes and serves as a hub of Assamese neo-Vaishnavite culture. [2]
The Braided River Brahmaputra. The state of Assam comprises three physiographical divisions, namely, the Brahmaputra Valley, the Barak Valley and the Karbi-Anglong and the North-Cachar hills. [1] The Brahmaputra Valley in Assam is approximately 80 to 100 km wide and almost 1000 km long.
The Brahmaputra Valley (also Assam Valley) is a region situated between hill ranges of the eastern Himalayan range of Assam in Northeastern India.. The valley consists of the Western Brahmaputra Valley covering the regions of Goalpara and Kamrup; the Central Brahmaputra Valley region covering Darrang, Nagaon and the North Bank and Eastern Brahmaputra Valley comprising districts of Sonitpur ...
The Turbak's invasion of Assam, [1] one of many Turko-Afghan invasions of Assam, [2] was a sustained military engagement between Turbak Khan, a Turko-Afghan commander from Bengal Sultanate and the Ahom kingdom. After some initial success Turbak was eventually killed in battle by the Ahom forces, and his army was routed pursued to the Karatoya ...
Brahmaputra River; Barak River; Others. Aie River [1] Balsiri River [2] Baralia River; Borgang River [2] Barnadi River [2] Baroi River [2] ... List of rivers of Assam.