Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra ([brɔmmɔput̪rɔ nɔd̪]),[2] also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boondary river an ane o the major rivers o Asie. It is the tent lairgest river in the warld bi discharge, an the 29t langest.
| Brahmaputra ब्रह्मपुत्र ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ 布拉马普特拉河 | |
| River | |
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| Name oreegin: Sanskrit for Son (Putra) o Brahmā | |
| Kintras |  Cheenae,  Indie,  Bangladesh
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| States | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Autonomous Region | Tibet |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Dibang River, Lohit River, Dhansiri River, Kolong River |
| - right | Kameng River, Manas River, Raidak River, Jaldhaka River, Teesta River, Subansiri River |
| Ceety | Guwahati |
| Soorce | Angsi Glacier [1] |
| - location | Himalayas, Tibet |
| - elevation | 5,210 m (17,093 ft) |
| - coordinates | 30°23′N 82°0′E / 30.383°N 82.000°E |
| Mooth | Bay o Bengal |
| - location | Ganges Delta, Bangladesh |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 25°13′24″N 89°41′41″E / 25.22333°N 89.69472°ECoordinates: 25°13′24″N 89°41′41″E / 25.22333°N 89.69472°E |
| Lenth | 2,900 km (1,800 mi) [1] |
| Basin | 651,334 km2 (251,500 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 19,300 m3/s (681,600 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 100,000 m3/s (3,531,500 cu ft/s) |
 Cairt o the combined drainage basins o the Brahmaputra (violet), Ganges (orange), an Meghna (green).
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ReferencesEedit
- ↑ a b Brahmaputra River, Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ The Brahmaputra as it is cried in various leids: Bengali: ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ [Brôhmôputrô] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)); Hindi: ब्रह्मपुत्र, IAST: Brahmaputra; Tibetan: ་, Wylie: yar klung gtsang po Yarlung Tsangpo; simplifeed Cheenese: 布拉马普特拉河; traditeeonal Cheenese: 布拉馬普特拉河; pinyin: Bùlāmǎpǔtèlā Hé