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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.
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 .
The Brahmaputra Valley (also Assam Valley) is a region situated between hill ranges of the eastern and northeastern Himalayan range in Eastern 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 ...
Brahmaputra River, Ulipur Upazila of Kurigram District, Bangladesh 173 57 250 (Bhutan 20) 1 1200 Dudhkumar: From the Chumbi Valley of Tibet, China Brahmaputra Basin: Bhurungamari Upazila of Kurigram District, Bangladesh Brahmaputra River, Nageshwari Upazila of Kurigram District, Bangladesh 108 46 298 (Bhutan 113, China 31) 3 460 Brahmaputra
Dams in the Brahmaputra River Basin (1 C, 8 P) I. Islands of the Brahmaputra River (1 C, 3 P) T. Tributaries of the Brahmaputra River (21 P) Pages in category ...
The Ganges Basin is a major part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin draining 1,999,000 square kilometres in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. To the north, the Himalaya or lower parallel ranges beyond form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide. On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basin and then the Aravalli ridge.
Reportedly, China had previously denied that they were constructing a dam on the Brahmaputra River, even after the contract was awarded. In April 2010, Yang Jiechi, their Foreign Minister, officially revealed that they were in fact constructing the Zangmu Dam on the river. China has assured India that the dam is "a small project which will not ...
A view of Jamuna River from Jamuna Bridge. In Bangladesh, the Brahmaputra is joined by the Teesta River (or Tista), one of its largest tributaries. James Rennell made a survey between 1764 and 1777 and his maps are one of the earliest authentic maps of Bengal in existence. In these maps, Teesta is shown as flowing through North Bengal in ...