Brahmaputra

American  

[brah-muh-poo-truh] / ˌbrɑ məˈpu trə /

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.

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Brahmaputra British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

Another major population centre lies in India's northeast, including Assam and the Brahmaputra floodplains, which host more than 6,500 elephants.

From Barron's

There's a bigger picture: India is downstream of China in the Brahmaputra basin, and the Indus originates in Tibet.

From BBC

Dozens of cruise trips operate on both the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.

From BBC

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