Brahmaputra
Americannoun
noun
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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 ● Oct. 15, 2025
There's a bigger picture: India is downstream of China in the Brahmaputra basin, and the Indus originates in Tibet.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
In the same year, a male tiger swam a similar distance across the Brahmaputra River in northern India.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
The Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna dump rich sediments that they collect over thousands of miles from the Himalayas to the Indian ocean.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Other rivers besides the Indus and the Brahmaputra begin by draining a considerable area north of the snowy range—the Sutlej, the Kosi, the Gandak and the Subansiri, for example.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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