Brahmaputra

[ brah-muh-poo-truh ]

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noun

a river in S Asia, flowing from S Tibet through NE India and joining the Ganges River in Bangladesh. About 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long.

Brahmaputra

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noun

a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)

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There's a bigger picture: India is downstream of China in the Brahmaputra basin, and the Indus originates in Tibet.

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Dozens of cruise trips operate on both the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.

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A recent project involved mapping part of the Sundarbans, a vast area of mangrove forests where the waters of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers spill into the Bay of Bengal.

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In the same year, a male tiger swam a similar distance across the Brahmaputra River in northern India.

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The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on India’s Brahmaputra River.

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