Brahmaputra ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ ब्रह्मपुत्र |
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River | |
The Brahmaputra in Guwahati, Assam, India.
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Name origin: Sanskrit for Son (Putra) of Brahmā | |
Countries | China, India, 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, Manasarover, Beki River, Raidak River, Jaldhaka River, Teesta River, Subansiri River |
City | Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tezpur |
Source | Angsi Glacier |
- location | Himalayas, Tibet |
- elevation | 5,210 m (17,093 ft) |
- coordinates | 30°23′N 82°0′E / 30.383°N 82.000°E |
Mouth | Bay of Bengal |
- location | Ganges Delta, Bangladesh |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- 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 |
Length | 3,848 km (2,390 mi) |
Basin | 712,035 km2 (274,900 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 19,800 m3/s (699,200 cu ft/s) |
- max | 100,000 m3/s (3,531,500 cu ft/s) |
Map of the combined drainage basins of the Brahmaputra (violet), Ganges (orange), and Meghna (green).
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The Brahmaputra (/ˌbrɑːməˈpuːtrə/ is one of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-boundary river which flows through China, India and Bangladesh. As such, it is known by various names in the region: Assamese: ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ ('নদ' nôd, masculine form of 'নদী' nôdi "river") Brôhmôputrô [bɹɔɦmɔputɹɔ]; Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुत्र, IAST: Brahmaputra; Tibetan: ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་, Wylie: yar klung gtsang po Yarlung Tsangpo; simplified Chinese: 布拉马普特拉河; traditional Chinese: 布拉馬普特拉河; pinyin: Bùlāmǎpǔtèlā Hé. It is also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (when referring to the whole river including the stretch within Tibet). The Manas River, which runs through Bhutan, joins it at Jogighopa, in India. It is the tenth largest river in the world by discharge, and the 15th longest.