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๐ŸŒŠ Great Rivers

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Brahmaputra River

One of Asia's mightiest rivers; flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh

India/Bangladesh 1880 Great Rivers

๐ŸŒŠ Key Facts

1

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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๐ŸŒŠ Great Rivers

Country / Region

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India/Bangladesh

Key Year

1880

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One of Asia's mightiest rivers; flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh