| 单词 | Brahmaputra |
| 例句 | Music lovers called him the Bard of the Brahmaputra, a river that runs through Assam. Hundreds of thousands pay tribute to Indian singer 2011-11-09T11:00:51Z Majuli, where it is located, is a luxuriant island in the Brahmaputra River, close to the border with China and Myanmar. The Indian Monks’ Dance, Flowering With the Aid of Women 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Fresh from visiting the brand new and thrilling tiger reserve at Namdapha, I walked down to the Brahmaputra. India's final frontier 2010-12-11T00:06:21Z Their final number on Saturday was about the Brahmaputra River, which is central to Assam; but the vocal and orchestral sound seemed awkwardly like Europop. Sattriya, Kathak and Bharatanatyam Dance at Drive East 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z A vegetable seller walks in the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, India. In Transit: Photo of the Week 2011-01-27T18:07:16Z The rivers were fed by flood waters coming from India, where one of the world’s biggest rivers, the Brahmaputra river, overflowed earlier in May. Floods in Bangladesh and India Affect Millions 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The 45-year-old farmer, who lives on an island in the mighty Brahmaputra River in the northeastern state of Assam, said she and her family suffer from more violent and erratic floods each year. AP PHOTOS: In India, river islanders face the brunt of increasingly frequent flooding 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z One of Asia’s largest rivers, the Brahmaputra, floods annually. Flooding displaces tens of thousands and kills 1 as heavy monsoon rains batter Indian villages 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z A vast majority of these migrants settled in the chars - the shifting islands along the lowlands of the Brahmaputra River - where people from other communities also stay. 'Miya' Museum: The controversy around Assam's 'Muslim' museum 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna dump rich sediments that they collect over thousands of miles from the Himalayas to the Indian ocean. Bangladesh balances energy needs with climate, conservation 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The Brahmaputra has always changed course and reclaimed farmland and villages, but the frequency and severity of the river’s destruction has increased in recent years. AP PHOTOS: In India, river erosion engulfs villages 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Then one day in July of 2019, the mighty Brahmaputra River swallowed everything. Climate Migration: Indian kids find hope in a new language 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Most of the wells in the affected areas are drilled into relatively recent sediments of the vast delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Brahmaputra River flows from India into northern Bangladesh on its way to the Bay of Bengal, and Bangladesh’s Flood Forecast and Warning Center warned Tuesday of dangerously high waters for the next five days. Dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India floods 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Floods routinely wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of millions living near the fertile riverbanks of the mighty Brahmaputra river, often called the lifeline of Assam. Assam: India floods destroy millions of homes and dreams 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Assam has been reeling from massive floods after heavy torrential rains over the past few weeks made the Brahmaputra River break its banks, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links. South Asia floods hampering access to food, clean water 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Assam’s disaster management agency said 32 of the state’s 35 districts were underwater as the swollen Brahmaputra River broke its banks, displacing more than 3 million people. 8 more dead as India’s Assam state reels under floods 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z The Brahmaputra, one of Asia’s largest rivers, breached its mud embankments, inundating 3,000 villages and croplands in 28 of Assam’s 33 districts across the border in India. Floods in India, Bangladesh leave millions homeless, 18 dead 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z One of the world’s largest rivers, the Brahmaputra, which flows into India and neighbouring Bangladesh from Tibet, burst its banks in Assam over the last three days, inundating more than 1,500 villages. Half a million Indians flee floods in northeast brought by rain 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z And the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at many places. Assam: India floods destroy millions of homes and dreams 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z It joins the Brahmaputra River as it flows to the Bay of Bengal. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My own country is badly affected - there are nearly 170m people in Bangladesh living on less than 150,000 square kilometres on the delta of two of the world's biggest rivers, the Ganges and Brahmaputra. My Day at COP26: 'Anything we achieve in Glasgow is not going to be enough' 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Located on the Brahmaputra River, Guwahati is its largest city, and the oldest city in northeastern India, having survived 17 invasions by the Mughals over many centuries. This chicken noodle soup from Tibet with ginger and green chiles will warm you right up 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Water levels in the Brahmaputra were expected to rise further, national authorities said. Half a million Indians flee floods in northeast brought by rain 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z They now live in a makeshift home with a tin shed and a hard wooden bed on a sandy island along the banks of the Brahmaputra, one of the world’s largest rivers. Amid Flames and Gunfire, They Were Evicted From Where They Called Home 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The state of Assam is cleaved in two by a mighty, temperamental river called the Brahmaputra, overflows from which have flooded and eroded the ever-shrinking land around it. Violent eviction drive in India’s Assam revives tensions over undocumented migrants 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z In the monsoons, the nearby Brahmaputra River — which originates in Tibet to the north and makes its way through Assam and into Bangladesh to the south — floods the fields. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The head-on collision Wednesday caused one of the boats to sink in the Brahmaputra river, leaving one person dead. Authorities rescue 82 people after ferry collision in India 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The capsized boat was coming from Jorhat when it crashed into the boat coming in the opposite direction on the Brahmaputra river. India: Passengers missing after boats collide in Assam 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z In India, workers recently trekked to the tiny village of Bahakajari, a village along the mighty Brahmaputra River in the remote northeastern state of Assam, to start vaccinating its nearly 9,000 residents. Boat, snowmobile, camel: Vaccine reaches world’s far corners 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z In Bangladesh, the flooding of the Brahmaputra reflects the unequal pain of extreme weather. A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The identity and culture of high-caste Hindu Assamese centers largely on the northeastern part of the Brahmaputra River valley where the Ahom dynasty ruled until the 1800s, an area commonly referred to as Upper Assam. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In Assam, heavy monsoon rains burst the banks of the Brahmaputra River, causing more than 2,000 villages to be enveloped in floods and mudslides and displacing 2.75 million people in the past two weeks. Flooding in Assam and Nepal kills hundreds and displaces millions 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z The Brahmaputra River continued to wreak havoc, displacing more than 2 million people, the officials said. 77 dead in floods and landslides in India’s Assam state 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Assam is frequently swamped by floods when the Brahmaputra river, which flows down from the Himalayas through northeast India and Bangladesh, sweeps over its banks. Millions stranded in India as early monsoon downpours bring flood... 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Those who live along the Brahmaputra are no strangers to flooding. A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z They tried to help those far more fearful of bureaucracy and the state, traveling to the chors — the shifting river islands along the Brahmaputra — to assist the poor, unschooled inhabitants with the arduous paperwork. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Flood waters in Assam rose overnight with the Brahmaputra River, which flows down from the Himalayas into Bangladesh, and its tributaries still in spate. Death toll from floods in south Asia rises to more than 100 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The Brahmaputra River, which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh, burst its banks in Assam late last month, inundating large swathes of the state and triggering mudslides. 77 dead in floods and landslides in India’s Assam state 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Flood waters in the northeastern Indian state of Assam rose overnight with the Brahmaputra river, which flows down from the Himalayas into Bangladesh, and its tributaries still in spate. Floods force millions to flee homes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z He moved to Mr. Islam’s village six years ago, when his old village washed into the Brahmaputra. A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The only structures of comparable size in the area are the military bases squatting on the banks of the Brahmaputra, a reminder of India’s brutal counterinsurgency operations in Assam. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Heavily fragmented rivers include the Danube, Nile, and Euphrates, the Paraná and Missouri in the Americas, the Yangtze and Brahmaputra in Asia, and the Darling in Australia. Only a third of world’s great rivers remain free flowing, analysis finds 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Indian elections officials and paramilitary soldiers carry election materials along the Brahmaputra River as the country holds the first phase of a 6-week-long vote, the largest democratic exercise in the world. AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Meltwater feeds ten great rivers, including the Indus, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Yellow and Yangtze, on which almost one-fifth of the world’s population depends1. Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The Brahmaputra is a fearsome, shape-shifting 2,400-mile river that erupts from the Tibetan Himalayas and spills into northeastern India before merging with the Ganges in Bangladesh and emptying into the Bay of Bengal. A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z They had migrated to this village from nearby Sukharjar because, like the village where Sahera grew up, it had been eroded by the Brahmaputra. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z His focus is the Indian subcontinent, dominated by the monsoon, climate extremes and the great Himalayan rivers, such as the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra. India: a turbulent tale of rivers, floods and monsoons 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z In the 1870s, Cotton proposed building a series of canals to connect Himalayan rivers to the southern tip of India and another to connect the Brahmaputra with the Yangtze through Assam and Yunnan. Opinion | The Race to Dam the Himalayas 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The Brahmaputra River that flows around it was eroding its shores at a steadily increasing rate. 5 Times People Used Trees to Change the World 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Even if average global temperature increase modestly — by 2 degrees Celsius over the average for preindustrial times — flooding along the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh is projected to increase by 24 percent. A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Villagers had been displaced along the Brahmaputra as usual, settling in temporary camps along the riverbank until they could return home and rebuild their shacks. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Just east of the fertile Bhogdoi tributary of the Brahmaputra lies one of the state’s smallest sanctuaries. Assam's Endangered Apes 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z In southern Asia, the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta is sinking as its sediments compact. Attack of the extreme floods 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The Ganges and Brahmaputra pour from the Himalayas and converge with the Meghna River to form the world's fourth largest drainage, which flows into the Bay of Bengal. As sea levels rise, Bangladeshi islanders must decide between keeping the water out—or letting it in 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The Brahmaputra river, one of Asia's biggest, originates in the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, flows into India and then enters Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal. The China-India row worrying flood victims 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Over the weekend, Sarbananda Sonowal, the chief minister of India’s Assam state, said the Brahmaputra river was contaminated with bacteria and iron, with laboratory tests declaring its waters unfit for human consumption. India says Chinese construction on river dirtying water 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Imagine a map with giant chunks missing from Florida, Manhattan, Lincolnshire, Rio de Janeiro and the deltas of the Nile, Amazon, Pearl, Mekong, Ganges and Brahmaputra. From Miami to Shanghai: 3C of warming will leave world cities underwater 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z One of Asia's major rivers, the Brahmaputra, originates in Tibet and flows down to India before entering Bangladesh where it joins the Ganges and empties into the Bay of Bengal. China and India now in water 'dispute' 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Similar geographical areas along the Ganges River in neighboring India and Brahmaputra in Bangladesh also contain pockets of arsenic contamination. 50 Million in Pakistan Are at Risk of Arsenic Poisoning 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z But the BBC found that despite its statement, China was still sharing data on the same river with Bangladesh, the lowest downstream country in the Brahmaputra basin. The China-India row worrying flood victims 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Owing to the heatwave outside, we are talking inside the cavernous dining hall of the Brahmaputra Hostel for male students. 'A violence no autopsy can reveal': the deadly cost of India's campus prejudice 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Frequent flooding of the Brahmaputra river is causing Majuli, located in India’s Assam state, to erode away. Could planting trees save the world's largest river island? - BBC News 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z India only recently secured the agreement with China on receiving monsoon data of the Brahmaputra river, after years of efforts, China and India now in water 'dispute' 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z More than 100 people lost their lives in 2012 in Assam when a boat sank in the Brahmaputra river during a storm. India: Ganges boat accident leaves two dozen dead 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z In a few months, the greater adjutant stork—called hargilla, which means "swallower of bones" in Sanskrit—will descend on this hamlet, situated in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley, to breed in large numbers. All-Women 'Army' Protecting Rare Bird in India It was washed away in the strong currents of the Brahmaputra river. Elephant rescued after flood odyssey - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The elephant was washed away a month ago in the strong currents of the Brahmaputra river from the northeastern Indian state of Assam to Bangladesh. India-Bangladesh bid to rescue elephant stranded by flood - BBC News 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Brahmaputra gets severely flooded during monsoon season every year, causing huge losses in northeast India and Bangladesh. China and India now in water 'dispute' 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Winter says the park’s flooding is vital for animals and people, as it helps deposit fertile alluvial soil from the Brahmaputra River. Floods in India Drown Rare One-Horned Rhinos 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Such accomplishments have encouraged the brigade to expand their protections to other greater adjutant nesting colonies in the Brahmaputra Valley. All-Women 'Army' Protecting Rare Bird in India The majority of Assam's land area is in the Brahmaputra valley. Flash floods kill scores in Nepal, India 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Forest guards found its remains earlier this week in the park, which is located alongside the mighty Brahmaputra River. 6 baby rhinos saved from being washed away by India floods 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The Brahmaputra River and its tributaries were overflowing their banks in 18 of the state’s districts. World Digest: July 26, 2016 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The Brahmaputra, Assam's main river which is fed by Himalayan snow melt and monsoon rain, has been overflowing in many areas along its course. Over one million people hit as floods worsen in India's tea region of Assam 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The Brahmaputra River and its tributaries were overflowing their banks in 18 of the state’s districts, washing away roads and highways and toppling power pylons. Northeast India rains kill 7, force 1.2 million from homes 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z As the mountains erode, sediment washes into the Ganges and Brahmaputra, among the world’s largest rivers, and flows into the Bay of Bengal at a current rate of a billion tons a year. New Earthquake Threat Could Lurk Under 140 Million People Riverbank erosion is a common problem along the mighty Brahmaputra during the monsoon, but scientists say climate change is making the phenomenon worse by contributing to higher levels of flooding and siltation. Bangladesh river eats up land and homes, trapping poor villagers 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z India’s plans will affect 100 million people in Bangladesh, who live downstream of the Ganges and Brahmaputra and rely on the rivers for their livelihoods. India set to start massive project to divert Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Incessant monsoon rains in the tea and oil-rich state of Assam have forced the burgeoning Brahmaputra river and its tributaries to burst their banks -- affecting more than half of the region's 32 districts. Over one million people hit as floods worsen in India's tea region of Assam 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z On the banks of the Brahmaputra river, the world heritage site - according to its website - excites the senses, arrests the soul and beckons a visit. William and Kate visit street children in India - BBC News 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z So civilisation got a head start in the Nile delta, the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, the Yangtze, and elsewhere. Sea defences not enough to protect delta cities from rising flood risk – study 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It was formed about a decade ago by the sediments of the Meghna river, the confluence of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers. Exile island 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z On the Chinese side, the headwaters of the Mekong, the Indus, and the Brahmaputra are all being transformed by huge hydro projects, with unknown consequences for the rivers and incalculable potential for catastrophic hazards. Nepal’s Dangerous Dams 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z He started 2014 out running one of the forks of the Tsang-Po, a tributary of the mighty Brahmaputra, which flows out of Tibet. Extreme kayaker visits Southern Oregon hometown 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z I clearly felt, subconsciously, that I was outside India, relaxing at the Kaziranga national park alongside the massive Brahmaputra River and watching famous one-horned rhinos, wild buffaloes and elephants. The Ignored Massacre on India’s Forgotten Fringe In the Ganges Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh and India, home to 170 million people, the surviving wetlands are up to 1.5 metres above the embanked and reclaimed land. Sea defences not enough to protect delta cities from rising flood risk – study 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The next day, fishermen hundreds of kilometers away in Assam, in India’s northeast, noticed the Brahmaputra river teeming with hilsa fish, in far greater numbers than usual. Cyclone with a catch: Indian fishermen enjoy bountiful haul 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In India’s case, the loss would not be only economic, but also religious: to Indians, the Brahmaputra is a sacred river. China's Grand Water Plan 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z About 6,000 square kilometers of the massive Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, the largest delta in the world, lies less than two meters above sea level. The Race Is On to Protect Millions of People from Flooding 2014-04-13T12:00:00Z The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta is the dumping ground of the Himalayas. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z More than a billion people live in the alluvial plains of the Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra rivers who would be drastically affected if the glaciers were to disappear altogether. IPCC Finally Acknowledges Its “Himalayan Blunder” 2014-04-04T14:32:50Z China and India have their eye on the energy potential of the vast Brahmaputra river. Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra 2014-03-20T21:52:46Z In Asia, 2 billion people in five major river basins—the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, and Yellow—depend on Himalayan meltwater. How Israeli Snowmakers Are Saving Alpine Skiing 2014-01-23T20:09:35Z That only adds to bigger problems in the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, which is sinking so rapidly that the local, relative sea level may be rising by up to 2 centimeters each year. The Race Is On to Protect Millions of People from Flooding 2014-04-13T12:00:00Z About 6,000 square kilometres of the massive Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, the largest delta in the world, lies less than two metres above sea level. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z The flood plain of the massive River Brahmaputra from eastern India. IPCC Finally Acknowledges Its “Himalayan Blunder” 2014-04-04T14:32:50Z On the banks of the Brahmaputra it is hard to get a sense of where the river starts and ends. Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra 2014-03-20T21:52:46Z The main Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger level in Jorhat district, reports said. Thousands homeless in India floods 2013-07-09T04:48:09Z Going under The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta is the dumping ground of the Himalayas. The Race Is On to Protect Millions of People from Flooding 2014-04-13T12:00:00Z That only adds to bigger problems in the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta, which is sinking so rapidly that the local, relative sea level may be rising by up to 2 centimetres each year. Floods: Holding back the tide 2014-04-09T17:20:25.330Z Many of the chars in Assam are islands in the Brahmaputra River and can disappear over time due to floods, just as regularly as new char islands form from silt deposits. India Ink: On Assam’s River Islands, Family Planning Clashes Against Religious Tradition 2013-06-19T07:37:44Z For centuries the Brahmaputra has nourished the land, and fed and watered the people on its banks. Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra 2014-03-20T21:52:46Z The two sides also discussed India’s growing alarm over China’s plans to build a series of dams on the Brahmaputra River, which flows into India’s northeastern provinces. Indian and Chinese Premiers Pledge Cooperation on Border Issues 2013-05-20T11:53:11Z India is also expected to express concerns over a series of dams that China intends to build on the Brahmaputra River, which flows into India’s northeast provinces. Prime Minister Li Keqiang of China Arrives in India for Talks 2013-05-20T02:34:40Z Brian Orland, a Fulbright-Nehru Fellow, is studying climate change adaptation along the Brahmaputra River, where the environment challenges the region faces are likely to be repeated in other parts of developing Asia. India Ink: From Arunachal Pradesh, a Tribe Offers Lessons in Ecology 2013-05-08T09:15:28Z In the east tensions are rising as India expresses concerns about a spate of planned dam-building projects by China on rivers flowing into Indian territory, particularly on the mighty Brahmaputra. Nepalis Adapt to Changing Climate 2013-02-22T12:15:00.260Z The Lower Subansiri Dam, on a tributary of the Brahmaputra, has been stalled by protests for several years. Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra 2014-03-20T21:52:46Z His relationship with the Brahmaputra began at a Mumbai research institution in 2008 within the context of a larger study on Himalayan water security. India Ink: Climate Change and Population Growth Meet Along the Brahmaputra River 2013-01-23T03:58:43Z The days when the gigantic Indian rivers — the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra — roar freely down the steep slopes of the Himalayas may be numbered. Flood of protest hits Indian dams 2012-12-05T18:50:16.967Z City states apart, it is the world’s most densely populated country, with around 150m people crammed onto the delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, an area regularly swept by devastating floods. Bangladesh: Out of the basket 2012-11-02T12:46:12Z Most of the state, apart from Majuli, a large, populated island in the Brahmaputra River, is now reachable by road. India Ink: Waterlogged Northeast on Road to Recovery 2012-09-27T09:39:20Z Many of Assam's tea gardens are irrigated by the Brahmaputra. Megadams: Battle on the Brahmaputra 2014-03-20T21:52:46Z Today, climate refugees set their sights upon these same lands as they scramble up from the swirling waters and crumbling banks of the Brahmaputra River. India Ink: Climate Change and Population Growth Meet Along the Brahmaputra River 2013-01-23T03:58:43Z According to Goswami, the Brahmaputra carries 400 million tonnes of sediment each year, peaking at 25 million tonnes a day during extreme monsoon events. Flood of protest hits Indian dams 2012-12-05T18:50:16.967Z The flooding was said to be the most severe in over a decade and revived the controversial debate about controlling the Brahmaputra River, which runs through the state. India Ink: Floods and Landslides Kill Dozens in North East India 2012-09-24T12:32:19Z The project's argument is that recreating a Brahmaputra with a thriving population of river dolphins is a de facto means of rebuilding a clean and healthy ecosystem - with enough fish for all. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z Their demand is opposed by the ethnic Assamese who inhabit the Brahmaputra Valley and dominate the state, as well as by both the state and central Indian governments. India Ink: Violence in Assam Has Deep Roots 2012-07-26T13:44:42Z Scientists predict that climate change will worsen the flooding, and yet more and more people are surging into the Brahmaputra basin. India Ink: Climate Change and Population Growth Meet Along the Brahmaputra River 2013-01-23T03:58:43Z India, for its part, is concerned that China is building dams along the Tsangpo river, which runs into India as the Brahmaputra. Regions Where Water Disputes Are Fuelling Tensions: A Global Snapshot 2012-07-24T18:15:23.080Z The region's three major river systems - the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra - sustain India and Pakistan's breadbasket states and many of their major cities including New Delhi and Islamabad, as well as Bangladesh. Thirsty South Asia's river rifts threaten "water wars" 2012-07-23T10:44:57Z The dolphin oil bait is localised to a handful of communities in the Lower Brahmaputra. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z It lies in the flood plains of the Brahmaputra River, and its tributaries regularly overflow during this time of year, officials said. India Ink: Assam's Monsoons Take Toll on India's Rhinos 2012-07-09T12:38:58Z Some places like the Western Ghats in south India are receiving less rainfall, while other places such as the Brahmaputra Basin here in northeast India are experiencing more destructive bursts of rain. India Ink: Climate Change and Population Growth Meet Along the Brahmaputra River 2013-01-23T03:58:43Z India is home to three major river systems -- the Ganges, Brahmaputra and the Indus -- which support 700 million people. Regions Where Water Disputes Are Fuelling Tensions: A Global Snapshot 2012-07-24T18:15:23.080Z Beijing plans a series of dams over the Tsangpo river, called the Brahmaputra as it flows into eastern India. Thirsty South Asia's river rifts threaten "water wars" 2012-07-23T10:44:57Z In Assam in northeast India, Abdul Wakid and his team at the conservation organisation Aaranyak are working to try to prevent the same fate for Ganges River Dolphin in the Brahmaputra river system. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z In Assam, the Brahmaputra River Remains Uncontrollable As much of India baked in blistering temperatures, anxiously awaiting the belated monsoon rains, the landlocked northeast struggled with the exact opposite problem. India Ink: In Assam, the Brahmaputra River Remains Uncontrollable 2012-07-09T05:59:26Z The Brahmaputra moves enormous amounts of sediment, while making and breaking river banks and thousands of islands. India Ink: Climate Change and Population Growth Meet Along the Brahmaputra River 2013-01-23T03:58:43Z Bahadur said more than a dozen of his cows were swept away by the Brahmaputra River thundering nearby. People Return Home as Floodwaters Recede in India 2012-07-03T17:31:52Z Assam: The state government announced a compensation of 100,000 rupees, about $1,800, to relatives of those killed by the flooding of the Brahmaputra River. India Ink: Newswallah: Bharat Edition 2012-06-30T06:42:31Z In 2008 Abdul Wakid undertook a comprehensive count of river dolphin in the mainstream of the Brahmaputra in Assam and additional surveys in the two tributaries still inhabited by the dolphins. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z Many countries dependent on shared rivers like the Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Mekong. Shortages: Water supplies in crisis 2012-06-19T07:45:21Z The Tibetan plateau is basically a water tower — the source of all the rivers from the Mekong to the Brahmaputra to the Yellow to the Yangtze. Green Blog: Peter Seligmann of Conservation International: Serving Human Needs Serves the Environment 2012-05-25T12:28:40Z Monsoon floods hit Assam, with a population of 26 million people, almost every year, with heavy rains swelling the Brahmaputra and its many tributaries that crisscross the state. People Return Home as Floodwaters Recede in India 2012-07-03T17:31:52Z Rescue teams continue to monitor both banks of the Brahmaputra River for survivors after a ferry carrying over 300 passengers capsized Monday evening in the Dhubri district of Assam. India Ink: In Assam Ferry Accident, Death Toll in Dispute 2012-05-04T11:31:10Z Large river construction projects such as hydroelectric dams are planned for sections of the Brahmaputra. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z Deep sea divers and disaster rescue soldiers worked through the night to pull bodies from the Brahmaputra River in Assam state. India Ferry Death Toll Rises 2012-05-01T06:07:05Z Onlookers and rescue workers look at the damaged boat which was recovered after it sank in the Brahmaputra River, Assam, May 1, 2012. India Ink: Dozens Feared Dead in Assam Ferry Accident 2012-05-01T08:26:53Z The storms always gathered to the North of us, along the Sipri limestone ridge, and the high mountain chain that formed the watershed between the Brahmaputra and the Bhong-chu. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Modern geographers restrict the term Himalaya to that portion of the mountain region between India and Tibet enclosed within the arms of the Indus and the Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z But Indian conservationists working on the Brahmaputra River hope to reverse the dolphin's decline by mobilising riverside communities to protect these amazing cetaceans. Fight to save endangered Indian dolphin 2012-08-14T11:56:36Z The project aims to link 30 major rivers and will involve diverting the Ganges and the Brahmaputra - two of India's biggest rivers. India court orders river project 2012-02-27T12:38:31Z It lies between the Bhutan and Daphla Hills and the Brahmaputra, including many islands in the river. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z To the North the view extended right up to the watershed of the Brahmaputra, 80 to 100 miles distant. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z From the bend of the Indus southwards towards the plains of the Punjab to the bend of the Brahmaputra southwards towards the plains of Assam, through a length of 1500 m., is Himachal or Himalaya. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The division of Dacca occupies the delta of the Brahmaputra, where it joins the main stream of the Ganges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Human nature—yes, and river rapids, too—are very much the same the world over, whether on the Yangtze, Brahmaputra or upper Columbia. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z It is for the most part a level plain watered by many tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z GOALPARA, a town and district of British India, in the Brahmaputra valley division of eastern Bengal and Assam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The Himalayan glaciers feed into Asia's biggest rivers: the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and the Yellow and Yangtze rivers in China. New Research Casts Doubt on Doomsday Water Shortage Predictions 2011-10-24T18:45:00.283Z I adore two rivers: the Orinoco and the Brahmaputra, and two mountains: Kilimanjaro and Popocatapetl, because of their extraordinary names! My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The major Brahmaputra River which runs through eastern Assam state before heading into Bangladesh remains at dangerous flow levels, officials said. Millions hit by heavy floods in north and eastern India 2011-09-02T15:59:14Z Gauhati is still the headquarters of the district and of the Brahmaputra Valley division, though no longer a military cantonment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z It is situated along the Brahmaputra, at the corner where the river takes its southerly course from Assam into Bengal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z It makes up about 27 percent of the Brahmaputra -- but only between 8 and 10 percent for the Ganges, Yangtze and Yellow rivers. New Research Casts Doubt on Doomsday Water Shortage Predictions 2011-10-24T18:45:00.283Z The Indus, in the great bend above Leh, in Ladakh, may approximate such a drop, and so may the Brahmaputra, where it cleaves the main range of the Himalayas after passing Lhassa. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z The north of the district is crossed by the line of the Eastern Bengal railway to Goalanda, the port of the Brahmaputra steamers, and a branch runs to Faridpur town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z GAUHATI, a town of British India, in the Kamrup district of Eastern Bengal and Assam, mainly on the left or south, but partly on the right bank of the Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The Brahmaputra annually inundates vast tracts of country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Traveling west of Myitkyina that would take us beyond the Brahmaputra; east, into China—about upper Yunnan or Kweichow; and north—well, the Tibetan border is three hundred miles from Myitkyina. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z China is currently at work on constructing the world's largest hydroelectric dam on the Brahmaputra river, which is vital for Indian agriculture. Wen Goes to India: Can Asia's Powers Make Peace? 2010-12-16T15:45:00Z It runs along the north bank of the Brahmaputra stopping at some stations which are quite near the Arunachal border. Paradise lost? 2010-03-13T00:50:00Z Just how much water melting glaciers contribute to major rivers such as the Ganges and Brahmaputra, though, remains unknown. Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change 2010-03-04T00:12:00Z They mountain range feeds many of the world's great rivers - the Ganges, the Indus, the Brahmaputra - on which hundreds of millions of people depend. 2010-01-19T12:20:00Z In Tibet, between the sources of the Brahmaputra and the Mekong! Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The Brahmaputra valley is an alluvial plain, about 450 m. in length, with an average breadth of 50 m., lying almost east and west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" During the rains the Brahmaputra floods hundreds of square miles of country, reaching a height of 30 to 40 ft. above its usual level. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The Brahmaputra and its channels, together with three minor streams, the Bangali, Karatoya and Atrai, afford admirable facilities for commerce, and render every part of the district accessible to native cargo boats of large burden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The Tibetans intended to dispute the passage of the Brahmaputra, and there were other strong positions where the path skirted the Kyi-chu for miles beneath overhanging rocks, which were carefully prepared for booby-traps. The Unveiling of Lhasa DIBRUGARH, a town of British India, in the Lakhimpur district of eastern Bengal and Assam, of which it is the headquarters, situated on the Dibru river about 4 m. above its confluence with the Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" The Brahmaputra spreads out in a sheet of water several miles broad during the rainy season, and in its course through Assam forms a number of islands in its bed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The Brahmaputra, therefore, exceeds the Ganges in length by about 400 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Their locality is the south bank of the Brahmaputra; opposite to that of— 2. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies These are noises, like the report of cannon, frequently heard in the channels of the delta of the Brahmaputra, at the rising of the tide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" It is the terminus of steamer navigation on the Brahmaputra, and also of a railway running to important coal-mines and petroleum wells, which connects with the Assam-Bengal system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" This island extends 55 m. in length by about 10 in breadth, and is formed by the Brahmaputra on the south-east and the Buri Lohit river on the north-west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" An enormous development of agricultural resources has taken place within the Brahmaputra basin of late years, chiefly in the direction of tea cultivation, as well as in the production of jute and silk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The Meghna represents the accumulated waters of the Brahmaputra and Ganges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The river we had just crossed flowed into the Brahmaputra. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Assam, Arakan, and the Tenasserim provinces were ceded to the company, whose protectorate was also recognised over other territories upon the course of the Brahmaputra. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) On either bank of the Brahmaputra a long narrow strip of plain rises almost imperceptibly to the foot of the hills. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Towards the north, these changes have been traced to the foot of the Garo hills, and there is some, though not very certain, evidence of alterations of level along the course of the Brahmaputra. A Study of Recent Earthquakes Through these rich lands flow four large rivers—the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Irawadi, which afford a great deal of internal communication. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The Brahmaputra received three small snow-fed tributaries descending from the steep mountains on either side of us. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet The Tibetan Brahmaputra is a tributary to the Indian Ganges. Creative Unity The second division of the lands is the well-raised part of the valley whose level lies above the ordinary inundations of the Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Then he crossed the Brahmaputra in a large ferry-boat, and arrived within seven miles of Lhasa. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The river we had just crossed flowed into the Brahmaputra, and we were now at an elevation of 15,700 feet. In the Forbidden Land I was glad to be the first white man to visit both sources of the Brahmaputra River. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet For the last two years I have done a good deal of trade in Assam, up the Brahmaputra river. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War Natural Divisions.—Assam is naturally divided into three distinct tracts, the Brahmaputra valley, the Surma valley and the hill ranges between the two. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Further, in Asia the problem of the Brahmaputra Falls is yet unsolved; there are shores untrodden and rivers unsurveyed. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole They were pitched on the banks of another tributary of the Brahmaputra, which, after describing a great curve in the plain, passed West of the encampment. In the Forbidden Land It was at this point that the two principal sources of the Brahmaputra met and formed one river, one coming from the north-west, which I had already followed, the other coming from the west-north-west. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet There are many monasteries and nunneries in the upper Brahmaputra valley. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The gorge, situated in Lakhimpur 771 district, through which the southernmost branch of the Brahmaputra enters, has from time immemorial been held in reverence by the Hindus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Commerce.—Calcutta owes its commercial prosperity to the fact that it is situated near the mouth of the two great river systems of the Ganges and Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The Brahmaputra had here several ramifications mostly ending in lakelets, and rendering the plain a regular swamp. In the Forbidden Land Between these two ranges was an extensive plain intersected by the Brahmaputra. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet I myself with two of my servants took my seat in a hide boat, dexterously managed by a Tibetan, and we drifted down the Brahmaputra at a swinging pace. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The alluvial deposits of the Brahmaputra and of its tributary streams may be considered as the third general division of lands in Assam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The latter has never been known to occur on the north bank of the Brahmaputra, though swarming in the forests at the very water's edge on the south bank. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Grass is abundant, and fuel easily obtainable, and therefore thousands of yaks, sheep, and goats can be seen grazing near the many Tibetan camps along the Brahmaputra and its principal tributaries. In the Forbidden Land Thousands of yaks, sheep, and goats could be seen grazing near the many Tibetan camps along the Brahmaputra and its principal tributaries. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet To the south the ramparts are double, the Himalayas and the Trans-Himalaya, and between the two is a moat partly filled with water—the Upper Indus and the Upper Brahmaputra. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The Assam valley is covered by the alluvial deposits of the Brahmaputra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" HABITAT.—In the larger rivers connected with the Ganges nearly up to the hills; also in the Brahmaputra and in the Indus, but in fresh water; only it does not go out to sea. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The visit to and the fixing of the position of the two principal sources of the Brahmaputra, never before reached by a European. In the Forbidden Land The tents were pitched on the banks of another tributary of the Brahmaputra, which, after describing a wide curve in the plain, passed west of the encampment. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet After wandering for about six months we came to the Upper Brahmaputra, which is the only place where the Tibetans use boats, if indeed they can be called boats at all. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The situation is magnificent, commanding an extensive prospect over the Brahmaputra and the plains on either bank, but none of the buildings are of much architectural merit. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 It is still numerous in the mighty grass jungles which extend along the foot of the Eastern Himalayas from their slopes to the banks of the Brahmaputra. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon I had occasion to study three very good specimens of this kind at Tucker, at Tarbar, north of the Brahmaputra River, and at Tokchim. In the Forbidden Land In the morning we noticed a large encampment about a mile off, on the opposite bank of the Brahmaputra. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet The others run southwards, the Mekong into the China Sea, the Salwin, Irawaddy, and Brahmaputra into the great inlet of the Indian Ocean which is called the Bay of Bengal. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People These mountains consist of a number of ranges; they extend 1,500 miles east and west, and are the sources of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East HABITAT.—The estuaries of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Sixty miles and more away to the south-east the Garo Hills rose beyond the snaky line of the Brahmaputra River wandering through the plains of Assam. The Elephant God Near the same spot where the Indus originates rises also the Brahmaputra, but the latter empties its waters far from the former, flowing first south-eastward, then cutting southward and emptying into the Gulf of Bengal. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Dihong, the name given to the Brahmaputra as it traverses Assam; in the rainy season it overflows its channel and floods the whole lowlands of the country. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The extension of their power westward down the valley of the Brahmaputra was very gradual, and its success was by no means uniform. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He would then pass down the Arabian Sea, swing round India and Ceylon, and, by way of the Bay of Bengal and the plains of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, approach the Himalayas. The Second Deluge For some years he and a few friends used annually to visit the plains of the Brahmaputra, near the Garrow Hills—an entirely virgin country then, and swarming with large game. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 By the extension of the Brahmaputra Valley line to meet the newly- developed China Midland, the Calais railway ticket held good via Karachi and Calcutta to Hongkong. Life's Handicap I once saw a peculiar instance of this in an elephant that belonged to the police at Dhubri on the Brahmaputra. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Brahma fowl, I guess, came from Brahma, or maybe Brahmaputra, all right. Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret The Brahmaputra is an extraordinary river, as it acknowledges no permanent channel, but is constantly indulging in vagaries during the season of flood; at such times it carries away extensive islands and deposits them elsewhere. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The neighbourhood of the Brahmaputra is rich in plantain groves, and for a trifling consideration the natives allow those trees which have already produced their crop to be cut down. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 I have seen them cross the Brahmaputra when the channel was about a mile in width. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 |
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