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 | |
Name oreegin: Sanskrit for Son (Putra) o Brahmā | |
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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