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Brahmaputra River

Also known as Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, Dihong, Brahmaputra, Brahmapoutra, Brahmapoutra River, Brahmapoutra R., Brahmaputra R., Sky river

river in China, India, and Bangladesh

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The Brahmaputra River is a major river that flows through China, India, and Bangladesh, making it an important waterway across Asia. It matters because it supports millions of people in the regions it passes through, providing water for agriculture, transportation, and daily life in one of the world's most densely populated areas.

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Image: Brahmaputra River Homeward bound.jpg
Length: 2900

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Commons category: Brahmaputra
watershed area: 651334
discharge: 19500

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The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Southwestern China, Northeastern India, and Bangladesh. It is known as the Brahmaputra in Assam, Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Mishmi language, and Jamuna River in Bangladesh. By itself, it is the 9th largest river in the world by discharge, and the 15th longest.

It originates in the Manasarovar Lake region, near Mount Kailash, on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet where it is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The Brahmaputra flows along southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges (including the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) and into Arunachal Pradesh. It enters India near the village of Gelling in Arunachal Pradesh and flows southwest through the Assam Valley as the Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna (not to be confused with the Yamuna of India). In the vast Ganges Delta, it merges with the Ganges, popularly known as the Padma in Bangladesh, and becomes the Meghna and ultimately empties into the Bay of Bengal.