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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 .
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
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 ...
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 ...
There are two words meaning "river" in the Sinhala language, namely Ganga (ගඟ) and Oya (ඔය), of which the usage of both terms is arbitrary. At 335 km (208 mi), the Mahaweli River is the longest river on the island, its drainage basin covering more than one-fifth of the island. It is estimated that there are 103 rivers in Sri Lanka. [1]
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.
1954 map of the North-East Frontier Agency. The name is derived from a Sanskrit word svarṇa (स्वर्ण), meaning 'gold'. [4] Originally the name applied to the river only after the confluence of the Chayul Chu and Tsari Chu rivers at Gelensiniak. [4] In early maps of independent India, Tsari Chu was marked as the main Subansiri river.