Brahmaputra River

The Old Brahmaputra River is a distributary of the Brahmaputra River in north-central . 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.
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
  • 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”
    “Yarlung Zangbo Jiang”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bhairab Bazar Junction and Syed Nazrul Islam Bridge.
railway station is a railway…
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is located by Stadium Rd, , , . is situated 3½ km north of Brahmaputra River.

Brahmaputra River

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Latitude
24.03333° or 24° 2′ north
Longitude
90.98333° or 90° 59′ east
Open location code
7MPG2XMM+88
Geo­Names ID
1208092
Wiki­data ID
Q21747664

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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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