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Brahmaputra River or Brahmaputra River (Assamese: Luit, Brahmaputra Nai, Brahmaputra River, Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुत्र, IAST: Brahmaputra; Tibetan: ཡར་ ཀླུངས་ གཙང་ པོ་, Wylie: yar klung gtsang po; Simplified Chinese: Ù 河; Traditional Chinese: 布拉馬普 特拉 河; Finnish: Bùlāmǎpǔtèlā Hé) is an important river in Asia. In Sanskrit, Brahmaputra means "son of Brahma". The former name of Brahmaputra was Lauhitya. [2]


The Brahmaputra originates in the Jima Yongjong Glacier, near Kailash Peak in the Himalayas, in the western part of Tibet. [3] Then, as it flows over Assam under the name of Dihang, it is joined by two more large rivers, the Dibang and the Lohit, and then comes to the plains and widens to become the Brahmaputra. The Brahmaputra originates from Manas Sarobar near the Kailash peak in the Himalayas, flows through Tibet and Assam, and enters Bangladesh through Kurigram. Near Dewanganj in Mymensingh, the Brahmaputra turns south-east, flows through Mymensingh district and falls into the Meghna south of Bhairabbazar.


Due to the earthquake in 18, the bottom of the Brahmaputra river rose and its direction changed. Before 18 it flowed horizontally over Mymensingh. Later a new tributary of the river was formed which is known as Jamuna. Its length from its source is 2650 km. The maximum width of Brahmaputra river is 10426 meters (Bahadurabad). This is the longest river in Bangladesh. The main branch of the Brahmaputra is the Jamuna. The once wide Brahmaputra river is now (2011) narrow.


Source: Wikipedia