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Brahmaputra

 
Dictionary: Brah·ma·pu·tra   (brä'mə-pū'trə) pronunciation

A river of southern Asia rising in the Himalaya Mountains of southwest Xizang (Tibet) and flowing about 2,896 km (1,800 mi) east then south and west through northeast India to join the Ganges River and form a vast delta in central Bangladesh.

 

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Brahmaputra
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Brahmaputra (bräməpū'trə) [Sanskrit,=son of Brahma], river, c.1,800 mi (2,900 km) long, rising in the Kailas range of the Himalayas, SW Tibet, China, and flowing through NE India to join with the Ganges River in central Bangladesh to form a vast delta; it is navigable for large craft c.800 mi (1,290 km) upstream. In Tibet, where it is called the Yarlung Zangbo, the river flows c.700 mi (1,130 km) east to form an important east-west transport route. In SE Tibet it turns south and flows swiftly through what is, at 16,650 ft (5,075 m), the world's deepest valley into India. In Assam state it takes the name Brahmaputra and flows c.450 mi (725 km) through the broad, fertile Assam valley. Entering Bangladesh, where it is called the Jamuna, it continues S to the Bay of Bengal via the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. Its lower course is sacred to Hindus. There the river is used heavily for transporting agricultural products.


WordNet: Brahmaputra
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal
  Synonym: Brahmaputra River


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Brahmaputra

Français (French)
n. - Brahmapoutre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Brahmaputra

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Brahmaputra

Español (Spanish)
n. - Brahmaputra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
雅鲁藏布江

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雅魯藏布江

한국어 (Korean)
브라마푸트라 (히말라야로부터 흐르는 남 아시아에 위치한 강)

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ברמאפוטרה‬


 
 

 

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