Brahmaputra river system

Brahmaputra River system

Brahmaputra River system upsc

Name : 

Bhramaputra

Origin : 

Angsi Glacier (Mansarovar , Tibet)

States/UT : 

Arunachal Pradesh & Assam.

Other Details : 

In Tibet known as Tsang-Po or Yarlung Zanbo .
Siang/Dihang River in Aruachal Pradesh.
Teesta merges Brahmaputra 
in Bangladesh (called as 'Jammuna').
Jammuna merges with 
Padma (distributary of 
Ganga in Bangladesh) and Called as 'Meghna'.


Name : 

Teesta river

Origin : 

Pahunri (or Teesta Kangse) glacier (base of Kanchenjunga) Sikkim

States/UT : 

Sikkim & West Bengal

Other Details : 

Merges with Brahmaputra in Bangladesh (Jammuna).


Name : 

Sankosh river

Origin : 

Northern Bhutan

States/UT : 

Assam & West Bengal 

Other Details : 

Merges with Brahmaputra in Assam


Name : 

Manas river

Origin : 

Foothills of Himalaya (Southern Bhutan).

States/UT : 

Assam only

Other Details : 

Merges with Brahmaputra in Assam Manas WLS is located on Valley of Manas.


Name : 

Kameng river

Origin : 

Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh 

States/UT : 

A.P & Assam

Other Details : 

Passes near Pakke Tiger reserve (Arunachal Pradesh) merges with Brahmaputra in Assam.


Name : 

Subansri river

Origin : 

Himalayas, in Tibet

States/UT : 

A.P & Assam

Other Details : 

Merges with Brahmaputra in Assam (Lakhimpur). famous for Gold dust.


Name : 

Dibang river

Origin : 

Keya-pass (Indo-china border) A.P

States/UT : 

A.P & Assam

Other Details : 

Merges with Lohit river in Assam with further merges with Brahmaputra in Assam.


Name : 

Lohit river

Origin : 

Kangri Garpo range (Tibet)

States/UT : 

A.P & Assam

Other Details : 

Merges with Dibang in Assam which further merges with Brahmaputra.


Name : 

Dihang river

Origin : 

Patkai hills (A.P)

States/UT : 

A.P  & Assam

Other Details : 

Merges with Brahmaputra in Assam.


Name : 

Dhansri river

Origin : 

Laisang peak (Nagaland)

States/UT : 

Nagaland & Assam

Other Details : 

Merges with Brahmaputra in Assam.


Name : 

Barak river

Origin : 

Manipur hills ( Manipur )

States/UT : 

Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram & Assam

Other Details : 

In Bangladesh it is called as Surma river
Surma river merges with 
Bhramaputra river in Bangla
desh. (or Basically Megna 
river which was formed by
merging of Jammuna and 
Padma).


Name : 

Digaru river

Origin : 

Garo-Kashi hills (Meghalaya).

States/UT : 

Meghalaya & Assam

Other Details : 

Merges with Bhramaputra in Assam.


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