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	Brahmaputra River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia.
		It originates from Mount Kailash in the Himalayan mountains in western Tibet, in China and flows 2900km into the sea in the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.
		It is called Tsangpo in Tibet, Siang or Dihang in Arunachal Pradesh, Luit or Brahmaputra in Assam, and one of its main branches is called Jamuna in Bangladesh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brahmaputra_River (221 words)

	BRAHMAPUTRA - LoveToKnow Article on BRAHMAPUTRA
		Then it Is lost amidst the jungle-covered hills of the wild Mishmi and ~bor tribes to the east of Bhutan for another 100 m., until it is igain found as the Dihong emerging into the plains of Assam.
		The bed of the great river maintains a fairly constant position between its extreme banks, but the channels within that bed are so constantly shifting as to require close supervision on the part of the navigation authorities; so much detritus is carried down as, to form a perpetually changing series of obstructions to steamer traffic.
		During the rains the Brahmaputra floods hundreds of square miles of country, reaching a height of 30 to 40 ft. above its usual level.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRAHMAPUTRA.htm (1340 words)

	SECONDARY FLOW AND CHANNEL CHANGE IN BRAIDED RIVERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1990 the Brahmaputra River Training Study (BRTS) was launched to formulate a plan for training the Brahmaputra River through an comprehensive investigation of the river's hydrology, hydraulics, geotechnics and morphology, combined with mathematical and physical modelling studies.
		This evidence would suggest that the Brahmaputra River is in a state of dynamic equilibrium, as the amount of sediment entering a reach of the river is equal to the amount leaving.
		The catchment area of the Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh is relatively small in terms of the flow of the river.
	www.geog.nottingham.ac.uk /~thorne/roy-richardson/chapter3.htm (5313 words)

	Why does river Brahmaputra remain untamed?
		Brahmaputra, downstream of Hathi- mura, accompanied possibly by subsidence of the floor under the river.
		Slackening of the flow and probable partial ponding of the Brahmaputra evident from its sediment choked channel and the wide stretch of the flood plain characterized by marshy conditions (coloured indigo) as seen in the Kaziranga National Park area.
		The 15 August 1950 earthquake of magnitude 8.7 drastically affected the gradient of the Brahmaputra in upper Assam.
	www.ias.ac.in /currsci/may25/articles13.htm (1659 words)

	Brahmaputra Basin
		The Brahmaputra river is characterised by high intensity flood flows during the monsoon season, June through September, with an average annual flood discharge of 48160m3s-1.
		These rains that contribute a large portion of the runoff in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries are primarily controlled by the position of a belt of depressions called the monsoon trough extending from northwest India to the head of the Bay of Bengal.
		The Brahmaputra basin, especially its monsoon dominated wetter parts, is enormously rich in biotic resources with a great diversity of floral and faunal types marked by significant variations both in vertical and horizontal distributions.
	www.southasianfloods.org /document/ffb/2.html (1018 words)

	Paddler Magazine Online : Big Water on the Brahmaputra
		The secret to running big water is grasping its scale—we estimated the Brahmaputra’s flow to be 50,000 cfs, and that at the low flows of autumn.
		That the Brahmaputra has been run so seldom (we were the sixth party) is less a function of its difficulty than its accessibility.
		Because of those challenges, and the tortured mountain terrain, it was not even known to Westerners that the Tsangpo and Brahmaputra were the same river until the 20th century.
	www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/2003_6/article_232.shtml (2999 words)

	Brahmaputra on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In Assam state it takes the name Brahmaputra and flows c.450 mi (725 km) through the broad, fertile Assam valley.
		Blessed water: journey to the source of Tibet's Brahmaputra river.
		INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Master plans completed by Brahmputra Board for Brahmaputra and Barak basins.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b/brahmapu.asp (386 words)

	China's designs on Brahmaputra River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		one flowing to the east is called Brahmaputra and the other flowing to the west was called Shatadru, a tributary of the Sarasvati (joining the latter at Shatrana, Punjab) in Rigvedic times.
		Brahmaputra flows about 1800 miles (2900 kms.) from the Kailas range of the Himalayas to join the Ganga River at a vast delta on the Bay of Bengal.
		Changes in the Jamuna river (a branch of the Brahmaputra) in Bangladesh between March 1987 (shown in dark blue) and March 1989 (shown in light blue) and superimposed on a SPOT satellite basemap.
	www.hindunet.org /saraswati/brahmaputra/china.htm (844 words)

	Satellite Images: Brahmaputra River, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Brahmaputra River of northeast India is considered both destructive and beneficial to northeast India and Bangladesh.
		The river is destructive because on an annual basis, the wet summer monsoon that affects south Asia causes disastrous and frequent floods in the region.
		A deep, narrow gorge where the Brahmaputra River (known as the Dihang River as it flows through the mountains) cuts through the Himalayas is visible (light-colored, linear feature slight left of top center).
	www.redtailcanyon.com /items/3939.aspx (590 words)

	Brahmaputra River -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		From its headsprings in Tibet (as the Zangbo River), it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges (where it is known as the Dihang).
		The name is properly applied to a channel of the Old Brahmaputra downstream from Bhairab Bazar, after it has received the Surma (Barak) River.
		A river that is both beneficial and destructive, the Brahmaputra deposits large amounts of fertile alluvial soil while at the same time causing disastrous and frequent floods.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article?eu=383220 (859 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests (IM0105)
		For instance, the golden langur (Semnopithecus geei), hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), and pygmy hog (Sus salvanius) are limited to the north bank of the river, whereas the hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock) and stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) are limited to the south bank (Rodgers and Panwar 1988).
		The June to September southwest monsoon is funneled through the Gangetic River plains, flanked by the Himalayas to the north and the Mizo Hills to the south, deluging the ecoregion with 1,500-3,000 mm of rainfall, depending on the topographic variation.
		The riparian areas along the Brahmaputra River that have been cleared are characterized by wet grasslands with similar communities and dynamics as described under the Terai-Duar Savanna and Grasslands [IM0701] description.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0105_full.html (1371 words)

	Tribal Culture and Brahmaputra River Cruise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the great rivers of Asia, the Brahmaputra commences its 3,000-km journey to the Bay of Bengal from the slopes of Mount Kailash in western Tibet.
		Most of Assam's population lives in the Brahmaputra River valley, a river so wide that its far bank cannot be seen in places.
		It is over 50 years since the last daily passenger boat from Calcutta travelled through Assam along the Brahmaputra River with a mixed complement of tea planters, forest officers, soldiers and magistrates.
	www.spirit-of-india.com /group/Assam (444 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: The Brahmaputra River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Brahmaputra is a major river of South Asia.
		It flows some 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganga River, after which the mingled waters of the two rivers join the Bay of Bengal.
		Brahmaputra is not, however, navigable between the mountains of Tibet and the plains of India, and not until 1901 it was not known that Tsangpo and Bramhaputra are indeed the same river.
	www.kamat.com /indica/rivers/brahmaputra.htm (175 words)

	Assam alarmed over China’s ‘plan’ to divert Brahmaputra - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Government of Assam has expressed concern over reports that China is planning to divert Brahmaputra and other rivers, which have their origins in Tibet.
		Tsangpo or Brahmaputra originates from a glacier-mass near Mount Kailash at an elevation of 5300 metres.
		It is in Assam where Brahmaputra has most greatly influenced people and culture on its both banks.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/nov09/nov6.asp (747 words)

	Salon Wanderlust \| Brahmaputra: Tales From the River
		The mystery of Brahmaputra has captured our imaginations ever since we first traced its course on an old map that dates back to 1654: Its source was shown as a large lake to the north of Burma.
		Between the towering peaks of the Kongpo where, full of vigor and sheer force, it falls precipitously from a height of over 3,000 meters to 100 meters, without forming the legendary waterfall which the explorers of the early 20th century spent years searching for but never found.
		Tiziana and Gianni Baldizzone have produced "India of the Forgotten Tribes," "Tibet of the Noble Brigands" and "Timeless India." This excerpt is reprinted with permission from "Brahmaputra," published by Shambhala Publications Inc. © 1998 by Editions Olizane, Geneva, and Tiziana and Gianni Baldizzone.
	archive.salon.com /wlust/pass/1998/12/16pass.html (859 words)

	India Rafting Adventures Reach New High on the Brahmaputra River
		The November 2002 descent of a 180-km stretch of the Brahmaputra will mark the first non-military expedition on the river and the first commercial foray in the politically sensitive region.
		The Brahmaputra enters India in the far eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh after traveling hundreds of miles across Tibet as the Tsangpo from its birthplace near the holy lake of Mansarovar.
		A number of leading expedition kayakers are joining this first trip on the amazing Brahmaputra, and additional sponsorship opportunities are available.
	www.highonadventure.com /Hoa02oct/India/india.htm (879 words)

	Brahmaputra Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The jurisdiction of the Board includes both the Brahmaputra and Barak Valleys and covers all the States of the North Eastern Region either in full or in part.
		The Pagladiya Dam Project under implementation by the Brahmaputra Board will irrigate gross command area of 54160 Ha, generate hydropower of 3 MW from canal releases and provide flood protection to an area of 40,000 ha in the Nalbari district of Assam.
		Tipaimukh Dam Project at the Manipur-Mizoram border which envisages construction of a 162-meter high dam with an installed capacity of 1500 MW has been accorded TAC in 1995 but could not be taken for implementation due to absence of agreement between the concerned States of Manipur-Mizoram and Assam.
	wrmin.nic.in /cooperation/brahmaputra.htm (954 words)

	Brahmaputra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Brahmaputra [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.
		Ferry that crosses the Tsanpo river.(The Brahmaputra in India).
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0808701.html (322 words)

	Brahmaputra floods Assam; thousands displaced - Irna
		Police and rescue workers with rubber boats were deployed in the worst-hit Dhemaji district, 470 kilometers east of Assam's main city of Guwahati, to evacuate trapped villagers.
		The Brahmaputra is now flowing above the danger level in Assam, breaching mud embankments and snapping road links to interior areas, the statement said.
		Floodwaters of the Brahmaputra entered the famed Kaziranga National Park in eastern Assam, home to the endangered one-horned rhinoceros.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-16/0507181282184026.htm (403 words)

	The Hindu : National : Now Brahmaputra faces floods from Tibet
		After the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh, now it is the turn of the Brahmaputra to face another possible dam burst in China.
		The successive calamities in Tibet are likely to have a devastating ecological affect in Brahmaputra valley as well as in Himachal Pradesh.
		The hydel projects especially in Arunachal Pradesh, which is promising 25000 MW power in the next 10 years, may also be hit.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/08/15/stories/2004081513460800.htm (258 words)

	Brahmaputra River Rafting - Brahmaputra White Water Rafting Brahmaputra Expedition Aquaterra Adventures
		An exciting, true expedition style journey down one of the world's greatest rivers, The Tsang Po river, after flowing gently eastwards through Tibet, cuts the Greater Himalaya and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, Namche Barwa before it enters Arunachal Pradesh, where the expedition begins, a few miles inside the line-of-control with China.
		The expedition begins with a ferry boat ride at Dibrugarh up the river to the plains of Pasighat, where the river enters India.
		The most exciting way to run the Upper Brahmaputra's (or Siang as its known in Arunachal Pradesh) legendary big drops, rapids, riffles, and strong eddies is on a 08-day river trip in 16 or 18 foot long hypalon paddle or oar-paddle combination rafts.
	www.treknraft.com /river-rafting-india/rafting-india-brahmaputra.htm (905 words)

	IWRA: Sustainable Development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Increasing population and accelerating economic development activities in the basin of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra river system have now made the sustainable water management of the region even more critical than in the past.
		While the scarcity problem in the lean season is easy to resolve conceptually, problems arise when a definitive alternative to assure low-flow for augmentation is to be selected that would be acceptable to all the countries concerned.
		Though several participants suggested the construction of reservoirs in Nepal, it was also noted out that only a very large scheme, such as the planned Kosi High Dam, could be effective in augmenting the flow in the lean season within Bangladesh.
	www.iwra.siu.edu /committee/ganges-forum.html (1277 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests (IM0105) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Semi-evergreen forests and grasslands flank the river and provide elephants, rhinos, tigers, and wild water buffalo with the food and shelter they need to survive and reproduce.
		As the Brahmaputra winds its way through the Indian state of Assam and westward to Bhutan, it deposits rich soils as it goes.
		From June to September, the southwest monsoon rains are funneled into the ecoregion, dumping up to 118 inches (300 cm) of water.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0105.html (329 words)

	Overflowing Brahmaputra ravages northeastern India - Irna
		The Brahmaputra river has cut a swathe across India's northeastern state of Assam killing at least 15 people and displacing about 1.9 million more in flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains, officials said on Wednesday.
		"The Brahmaputra and its tributaries are flowing above the danger level in many parts of the state with the water current in some areas abnormally high," the statement said.
		Thousands of people were taking shelter in raised platforms, mud embankments and in government buildings with their villages inundated by floodwaters.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-16/0507201099174233.htm (354 words)

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