Brahmaputra River
The Old Brahmaputra River is a distributary of the Brahmaputra River in north-central Bangladesh. Historically it constituted the main stem of the Brahmaputra, however, the larger river's primary outflow was redirected via the Jamuna River after the 1762 Arakan earthquake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Al Fuaduzzaman Sohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Bangladesh
- Also known as: “Brahmaputra”, “Dyardanes”, “Ma-ch’üan Ho”, “Oedanes”, “Old Brahmaputra”, “Old Brahmaputra River”, “Pu-la-ma-p’u-te-la Ho”, “Pu-la-ma-p’u-te-la Ko”, “Pu-la-mu-p’u-te-la Chiang”, “Sanpo”, “Tsangpo”, “Tsanpo”, “Ya-lu-ts’ang-pu Chiang”, “Yarlung Tsangpo”, and “Yarlung Zangbo Jiang”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bhairab Bazar Junction and Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge.
Bhairab Bazar Junction
Railway station
Bhairab Bazar Junction railway station is a railway junction located in Bhairab, Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh. At least 3000 passengers use this railway junction regularly.
Bhairab Stadium
Stadium
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Bhairab Stadium is located by Stadium Rd, Bhairab, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh. Bhairab Stadium is situated 3½ km north of Brahmaputra River.
Brahmaputra River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Brahmaputra River” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পুরাতন ব্রহ্মপুত্র নদ”
- Cebuano: “Brahmaputra River”
- French: “Brahmapoutre”
- Japanese: “旧ブラフマプトラ川”
- Panjabi: “ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਪੁੱਤਰ ਨਦੀ”
- Slovenian: “Brahmaputra (Bangladeš)”
- Swedish: “Brahmaputra River”
- Swedish: “Old Brahmaputra River”
- Welsh: “Afon Old Brahmaputra”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brahmaputra River”. Photo: Al Fuaduzzaman Sohan, CC BY-SA 3.0.