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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.
Bottom left: Map of the Yarlung Tsangpo River watershed which drains the north slope of the Himalayas. 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.
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 ...
It stands inside the Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River as the river enters its notable gorge across the Himalaya, emerging as the Siang and becoming the Brahmaputra. [4] Namcha Barwa's sister peak Gyala Peri at 7,294 metres (23,930 ft) rises across the gorge 22 kilometres (14 mi) to the north-north-west (NNW).
One of the headwaters of the Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra), called Angsi Chu or Nangser Chu, originates in this glacier. Angsi Chu merges with the Chema-yungdung Chu [ a ] within a short distance ( 30°24′14″N 82°16′37″E / 30.4038°N 82.277°E / 30.4038; 82.277 ( Confluence of Angsi and Chema-yungdung streams ) ), and the ...
Location Bhuragaon-Kaupati bridge is a 7.63-kilometre-long (4.74 mi) proposed concrete road bridge on National Highway-715A (NH 715A) over the Brahmaputra River in Assam . It will connect Darrang district on the northern bank with Bhuragaon , Morigaon District on the southern bank.
The Dihing [3] or Burhi Dihing (Dihong = wide river) is a large tributary, about 380 kilometres (240 mi) long, [2] of the Brahmaputra River in Upper Assam in northeastern India. The river originates at 2,375 metres (7,792 ft) above sea level in the Eastern Himalayas (the Patkai Hills) [ 2 ] in Arunachal Pradesh and flows through Tinsukia and ...
Source data for the table below came from topographic maps created by the United States Geological Survey and published on-line by TopoQuest, [2] and from the Atlas of Oregon; [1] the Oregon Atlas and Gazetteer; [3] two federally produced geographic information system (GIS) datasets—the National Hydrography Dataset and the National Watershed ...