Brahmaputra

[ brah-muh-poo-truh ]

noun

1. 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

/ ˌbrɑːməˈpuːtrə /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

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.

From BBC

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

From New York Times

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.

From Seattle Times

Thousands in Assam state are dependent on fishing and selling produce like rice, jute and vegetables from their small farms on floating river islands in the Brahmaputra River, known locally as Chars.

From Seattle Times

All three rivers—the Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahmaputra—originate in the region’s icy mountain ranges, where rapid warming is accelerating the melting of some glaciers and altering precipitation patterns.

From Science Magazine