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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 ...
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.
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).
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 width of the river itself is 16 km at many places within the valley.
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 ...
Today, the Old Brahmaputra has been relegated to a minor river with much less flow than its former self. The river branches off from the Brahmaputra in Jamalpur District and Mymensingh then flows southeasterly for approximately 200 km (120 mi) before meeting the Meghna River in Kishoreganj District .