Drainage System
The Brahmaputra system
Describe the course and nature of the Brahmaputra.
Rises in the Chemayungdung glacier near Mansarovar; flows 1,200 km east through Tibet as the Tsangpo.
Cuts a deep gorge near Namcha Barwa; enters India as the Siang or Dihang west of Sadiya.
Joined by the Dibang and Lohit; flows 750 km through the Assam valley.
Enters Bangladesh near Dhubri; after the Tista joins it is the Jamuna; meets the Padma.
Known for floods, channel shifting and bank erosion.
A Tibetan river that turns and floods Assam.
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