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๐ฎ๐ณ Brahmaputra River
One of Asia's mightiest rivers; flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh
India/Bangladesh 1880 Great Rivers
๐ Key Facts
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2,900 km from Tibet (as Tsangpo), through Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, to Bangladesh
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Drops 7,000 m in elevation โ one of the fastest-flowing rivers in the world
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Carries 2x more sediment than the Amazon; annual floods transform the landscape of Assam
"Son of Brahma" in Sanskrit; known as Tsangpo in Tibet and Jamuna in Bangladesh
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๐ Great Rivers
Country / Region
๐ฎ๐ณ India/Bangladesh
Key Year
1880
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One of Asia's mightiest rivers; flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh