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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.
A map showing the major rivers in Bangladesh. River Padma in Rainy Season River Meghna as viewed from a bridge Ganges and Brahmaputra. Bangladesh is a riverine country. According to Bangladesh Water development board (BWDB) [1] about 907 rivers currently flow in Bangladesh (during summer and winter), although the numbers stated in some sources are ambiguous.
As per the classification of Food and Agriculture Organization, the rivers systems are combined into 20 river units, which includes 14 major rivers systems and 99 smaller river basins grouped into six river units. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin is the largest, which covers 34% of the land area and contributes to nearly 59% of the available ...
Mymensingh (Bengali: ময়মনসিংহ, romanized: Maẏamanasinha) is a metropolitan city and capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh.Located on the bank of the Brahmaputra River, [5] about 120 km (75 mi) north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north-central Bangladesh. [6]
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 .
On the north of the district, the river Brahmaputra forms the largest riverine island of the world, Majuli, spreading over 924.6 km 2. with a population of about 1.50 lakh being threatened by the constant erosion by this mighty, unstable river. Majuli had been the principal place of pilgrimage of Vaishnavites since the ages of the Ahom rules ...
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 may refer to: Brahmaputra River, a river of Asia, in Tibet (China), India and Bangladesh Old Brahmaputra River, a distributary of the Brahmaputra in north-central Bangladesh; INS Brahmaputra, ships of the Indian Navy; Brahma Puthrudu, a 1988 Indian Telugu-language film