Brahmaputra River
river in China, India, and Bangladesh
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Summary
Brahmaputra River is a transboundary river[1]. It draws 5,802 Wikipedia views per month (transboundary river category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: India[3], People's Republic of China[4], Bangladesh[5], Nepal[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: river[8]
- Basin country: People's Republic of China[9], India[10], Bangladesh[11]
- Commons category: Brahmaputra[12]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Ganges[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Brahmaputra River[14]
- Tributary: Lhasa River[15], Nyang River[16], Dibang River[17], Lohit River[18], Dihing River[19], Dhansiri River[20], Kopili River[21], Myang Chu[22], Siyom[23], Subansiri River[24], Kameng River[25], Manas River[26], Gangadhar[27], Torsa River[28]
- Category for the water basin: Q7454405[29]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[36]
- Length: 2900 km[37]
- Watershed area: 651,334 km²[38]
- Discharge: 19,500 cubic metre per second[39]
- Drainage basin: Brahmaputra Basin[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[41]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Brahmaputra River include BrahMos[42], a missile model[43]; BrahMos-II[44], a missile model[45]; and BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited[46], a business[47], in IN[48], founded in 1998[49].
Why It Matters
Brahmaputra River has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for it include BrahMos[42], a missile model[43]; BrahMos-II[44], a missile model[45]; and BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited[46], a business[47], in IN[48], founded in 1998[49].