What is "brahmaputra"

Usage examples of "brahmaputra".

The combination of their ruggedness and low altitude means that the western shore of India boasts a huge number of small rivers, instead of a few mighty ones like the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, as does the east coast.

The Tsangpo, which rises in the same region, flows eastwards between the Himalayan and Transhimalayan ranges for some 800 miles, receiving a number of tributaries, before turning south into India, where it becomes the Brahmaputra and discharges into the Bay of Bengal.