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Brahmaputra River

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Brahmaputra River

River, Central and South Asia. From its headsprings in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China (as the Yarlung River), it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges (where it is known as the Dihang). It flows southwest through the Assam Valley and south through Bangladesh (where it is known as the Jamuna). There it merges with the Ganges (Ganga) to form a vast delta. About 1,800 mi (2,900 km) long, the river is an important source for irrigation and transportation. Its upper course was long unknown, and its identity with the Zangbo was only established by exploration in 1884–86.



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s Manas River (a major tributary to the Brahmaputra River and named after Manasa, the serpent goddess).
The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) had said that the construction work was on at the Zangmu site on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra River.
Singh said that he did raise the issue of the dam on the Brahmaputra river, and had conveyed to Wen that co- operation on the issue of trans- border rivers was of " mutual benefit.
 
 
 
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