Posts

Rivers of Bangladesh

Image
Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra ( /ˌbrɑːməˈpuːtrə/  is one of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-boundary river which flows through China, India and Bangladesh. As such, it is known by various names in the region: Assamese: ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদ ( ' নদ '  nôd , masculine form of ' নদী '  nôdi  "river")  Brôhmôputrô   [bɹɔɦmɔputɹɔ] ; Sanskrit:  ब्रह्मपुत्र , IAST:  Brahmaputra ; Tibetan:  ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ་ , Wylie:  yar klung gtsang po  Yarlung Tsangpo; simplified Chinese:  布拉 马普特拉 河 ; traditional Chinese:  布拉馬普特拉河 ; pinyin:  Bùlāmǎpǔtèlā Hé . It is also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (when referring to the whole river including the stretch within Tibet). The Manas River, which runs through Bhutan, joins it at Jogighopa, in India. It is the tenth largest river in the world by discharge, and the 15th longest. With its origin in the Angsi glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River,it flows acr