Question
Describe the Brahmaputra river system.
Solution
i) It originates from Tibet and is as long as the Indus.
(ii) It carries huge amount of silt.
(iii) It flows parallel to the Himalayan mountains in Tibet.
(iv) It takes U-turn at Namcha Barwa (height 7757 m) and enters into Arunachal Pradesh.
(v) It flows into the Bay of Bengal and the just before falling into it, it forms braided streams of the distributaries due to excess deposits of sediments and silts.
