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Brahmaputra River |
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Brahmaputra RiverRiver, 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2000) reported that floodplains of the Jamuna and Old Brahmaputra Rivers in the Bengal Basin were free of arsenic, whereas the British Geological Survey (1999) and Chowdhury et al. Even so, the poorest of the poor, especially the Bangladeshis, remain at great risk to lethal cholera each monsoon season when the Brahmaputra River at its Bay of Bengal delta inundates the coastal villages. The Property is located between the Gangdisi Mountains and Brahmaputra River, in an area of moderate to gentle relief, approximately 240 kilometres southwest of Lhasa, Capital of Tibet. |
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