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The river is often called the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra river. [citation needed] The lower reaches are sacred to Hindus. While most rivers on the Indian subcontinent have female names, this river has a rare male name. Brahmaputra means "son of Brahma" in Sanskrit. [12]
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 .
In Hinduism, rivers are often personified as deities. In the Rigveda, there are mentions of holy rivers such as the Sarasvati. The river Ganges is considered to be most sacred, and is also personified as the goddess Ganga. Most of the rivers are represented in female form, [1] with the notable exception of Brahmaputra, which is considered to be ...
Most of the rivers in India originate from the four major watersheds in India. The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three longest rivers–the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. [3] [4] These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers. [5]
Brahmaputra River; Barak River; Others. Aie River [1] Balsiri River [2] Baralia River; ... Diju River [3] See also. List of rivers of India; References
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 Jamuna River (Bengali: যমুনা, romanized: yamunā Jomuna) is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh. The two other major rivers in Bangladesh are the Padma and the Meghna . The Jamuna is the lower stream of the Brahmaputra River , which originates in Tibet as Yarlung Tsangpo , before flowing through India and then southwest ...
Pages in category "Tributaries of the Brahmaputra River" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.