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| | Paddler Magazine Online : Big Water on the Brahmaputra |
 | | Traversing 1,000 miles of the Tibetan plateau, with an average elevation of 10,000 feet, it has the distinction of being the world’s highest river. | | | Its headwaters begin at Mt. Kailash, a sacred site for both Buddhists and Hindus, and its delta, 2,000 miles later, is Bangladesh, two-thirds of whose acreage is flooded every year by the joined waters of the Brahmaputra and Ganges. | | | The most famous attempt to ascertain that fact involved an English-trained Indian spy, disguised as a Buddhist pilgrim, who in 1883 planned to toss painted logs into the river above the gorge to be spotted downstream in India. |
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http://www.paddlermagazine.com/issues/2003_6/article_232.shtml
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| | SECONDARY FLOW AND CHANNEL CHANGE IN BRAIDED RIVERS |
| | To the south of the Brahmaputra River basin the Meghalaya Plateau is made up primarily of gneiss and schists, which form part of the Indian Shield of Precambrian age. | | | In the north of the Old Brahmaputra floodplain there is a long depression running parallel to the Meghalaya Plateau, to the south the floodplain is level. | | | The Patkai-Naga ranges to the southeast of the Himalayas are made up of Tertiary formations interlaced by a large number of active faults. |
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http://www.geog.nottingham.ac.uk/~thorne/roy-richardson/chapter3.htm
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| | Why does river Brahmaputra remain untamed? |
| | Girdled by the mountain arc which makes a pronounced knee-bend, the Brahmaputra valley in Assam is a terrane under severe deformation, and the Meghalaya massif in the south is faulted in the E–W and transverse directions. | | | Seismicity of north-eastern India is related to continuing tectonic activities on faults, as borne out by the locations of epicentres. | | | The block is defined by N–S trending lineaments (presumably tear faults near Guwahati). |
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http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/may25/articles13.htm
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| | Assam alarmed over China’s ‘plan’ to divert Brahmaputra - Deccan Herald |
| | The Chinese experts have reportedly planned to drain out water from the Tibetan plateau, which is the principal watershed in Asia and source of 10 major rivers, including the mighty Brahmaputra (also known as Tsangpo in Tibet). | | | Assam alarmed over China’s ‘plan’ to divert Brahmaputra » | | | Assam alarmed over China’s ‘plan’ to divert Brahmaputra |
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http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov09/nov6.asp
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Brahmaputra |
| | Brahmaputra (Sanskrit, “son of Brahma”; ancient Dyardanes or Oedanes), one of the great rivers of southern Asia, 2,900 km (1,800 mi) long. | | | The Indian subcontinent’s three great northern rivers, the Indus, the Brahmaputra, and the Ganges, flow through India. |
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http://ca.encarta.msn.com/Brahmaputra.html
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| | China's designs on Brahmaputra River |
| | Both these major rivers, Brahmaputra and Sarasvati are related to the God of creation, Brahma. | | | Hindu devotees dipping in the Brahmaputra, during Janma_s.t.ami festival, Bangladesh | | | In the ancient Indian tradition, two rivers are known to originate from Manasarovar Lake, in Mt. Kailas; |
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http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/brahmaputra/china.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Books: TALES FROM RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA |
| | The Brahmaputra is an extraordinary holy river that flows from two main sources, one in the Indian Himalayas and the other on the Tibetan Plateau. | | | Dramatic landscapes, vastly divergent lifestyles and three major world religions provide the backdrop for Brahmaputra's thousand mile journey to the sea. | | | The book tells the story in lavish photographs and words, of the journey from the sources of the great river to the Bay of Bengal. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1570624011?v=glance
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| | Tribal Culture and Brahmaputra River Cruise |
| | One of the great rivers of Asia, the Brahmaputra commences its 3,000-km journey to the Bay of Bengal from the slopes of Mount Kailash in western Tibet. | | | India's North East is one of the few regions in the world where communities live close to nature, nurtured by ancient tribal knowledge systems. | | | Most of Assam's population lives in the Brahmaputra River valley, a river so wide that its far bank cannot be seen in places. |
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http://www.spirit-of-india.com/group/Assam
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| | Satellite Images: Brahmaputra River, India |
| | The Brahmaputra River of northeast India is considered both destructive and beneficial to northeast India and Bangladesh. | | | I too am looking for information on the Brahmaputra River!!:) Let me know if you find any good places to start! | | | The river is destructive because on an annual basis, the wet summer monsoon that affects south Asia causes disastrous and frequent floods in the region. |
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http://www.redtailcanyon.com/items/3939.aspx
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| | Brahmaputra River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | (Brahmaputra is a male name since putra in Sanskrit means 'son'). | | | The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. | | | The Bodos call this river Bhullumbutter, which some have suggested, has been sanskritised to Brahmaputra. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmaputra_River
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| | BRAHMAPUTRA - LoveToKnow Article on BRAHMAPUTRA |
| | The great river itself is known in Tibet by many names, being generally called the Nan Chu, Maghang Tsanpo or Yaro Tsanpo, above Lhasa; the word tsanpo (tsang-po) meaning (according to Waddell) the pure one, and applying to all great rivers. | | | Fifty miles from its source the river and the Janglam route touch each other, and from that point past Tadum (the first important place on its banks) for another 130 m., the road follows more or less closely the left bank of the river. | | | Then it Is lost amidst the jungle-covered hills of the wild Mishmi and ~bor tribes to the east of Bhutan for another 100 m., until it is igain found as the Dihong emerging into the plains of Assam. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BR/BRAHMAPUTRA.htm
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| | Salon Wanderlust Brahmaputra: Tales From the River |
| | In these pages you will find the stories it has shared with us: about the people of the past who came to explore it; and about the people of the present who live close to it. | | | A disquieting question mark for 19th century geographers: Were the Tsangpo of Tibet and the Brahmaputra of India the same or two different rivers? | | | Then on to the valleys south of the Himalayas, through the tribes of the Abor and the thousands of Hindus on pilgrimage, to its mythological sources in India; until, in the plains of Assam, where it assumes the name Brahmaputra as it passes through the tea plantations. |
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http://archive.salon.com/wlust/pass/1998/12/16pass.html
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| | Visible Earth: Valley of the Brahmaputra, India, and Mouths of the Ganges, Bangladesh |
| | In this true-color MODIS image from October 23, 2001, the semi-arid Tibetan Plateau (upper left) meets up with the Himalayas to the south. | | | The Brahmaputra turns southward at the border of Bangladesh and is soon joined by the Ganges River, flowing in from image left. | | | From the heights of the Himalayas, snow-covered on their northern flanks, and lush with vegetation to the south, numerous rivers, brown with churned up sediment, flow into the valley of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India. |
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http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?vev1id=10722
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| | Kamat's Potpourri: The Brahmaputra River |
| | Brahmaputra is a major river of South Asia. | | | Brahmaputra is not, however, navigable between the mountains of Tibet and the plains of India, and not until 1901 it was not known that Tsangpo and Bramhaputra are indeed the same river. | | | It flows some 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganga River, after which the mingled waters of the two rivers join the Bay of Bengal. |
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http://www.kamat.com/indica/rivers/brahmaputra.htm
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| | India Rafting Adventures Reach New High on the Brahmaputra River |
| | rivers in Ladakh to the Brahmaputra and Lohit rivers in | | | The Brahmaputra enters India in the far eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh after traveling hundreds of miles across Tibet as the Tsangpo from its birthplace near the holy lake of Mansarovar. | | | Over an eight-day period the group in three rafts and several kayaks will tackle the roaring whitewater in their attempt to descend the Siang section of the upper Brahmaputra. |
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http://www.highonadventure.com/Hoa02oct/India/india.htm
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| | Brahmaputra |
| | Blessed water: journey to the source of Tibet's Brahmaputra river. | | | Ferry that crosses the Tsanpo river.(The Brahmaputra in India). | | | In Tibet, where it is called the Yarlung Zangbo, the river flows c.700 mi (1,130 km) east to form an important east-west transport route. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0808701.html
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| | Brahmaputra Basin |
| | The Brahmaputra is a major international river covering a drainage area of 580,000 sq. | | | The highest flood discharge recorded in the Brahmaputra at Pandu (Assam) was of the order of 72,148 m3s-1 (1962) which had a recurrence interval of 100 years. | | | The floodplain of the Brahmaputra river in Assam is dotted with a large number of wetlands, numbering more than 3500, which have great significance as unique habitats for exquisite varieties of flora and fauna and also as natural flood water retension basins. |
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http://www.southasianfloods.org/document/ffb/2.html
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| | Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests (IM0105) |
| | The ecoregion lies along the alluvial plains of the Brahmaputra River, which flows through Assam and West Bengal before it becomes confluent with the Ganges River and heads south to the Bay of Bengal. | | | The substrate consists of deep alluvial deposits, washed down over the centuries by the Brahmaputra and other rivers such as the Manas and Subansiri, which drain southern slopes of the Eastern Himalaya. | | | Species such as the hispid hare and pygmy hog are found in these grasslands, especially in the soft soils and muddy areas along the river courses. |
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http://worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0105_full.html
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| | The Hindu : National : Now Brahmaputra faces floods from Tibet |
| | The Hindu : National : Now Brahmaputra faces floods from Tibet | | | The hydel projects especially in Arunachal Pradesh, which is promising 25000 MW power in the next 10 years, may also be hit. | | | After the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh, now it is the turn of the Brahmaputra to face another possible dam burst in China. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/15/stories/2004081513460800.htm
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| | Overflowing Brahmaputra ravages northeastern India - Irna |
| | Thousands of people were taking shelter in raised platforms, mud embankments and in government buildings with their villages inundated by floodwaters. | | | "The Brahmaputra and its tributaries are flowing above the danger level in many parts of the state with the water current in some areas abnormally high," the statement said. | | | A government statement said nine districts have been hit by the floods that began a fortnight back. |
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http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-16/0507201099174233.htm
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| | The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Brahmaputra@ HighBeam Research |
| | Turning south, as the Dihang, it enters India and flows into the Assam Valley near Sadiya, where it is now known as the Brahmaputra. | | | It rises in the Himalayan glaciers as the Tsangbo (or Zangpo) and runs east through Tibet, to the mountain mass of Namcha Barwa, passing through gorges over 5,000 m/16,000 ft deep. |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:100120534
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| | Brahmaputra River Rafting - Brahmaputra White Water Rafting Brahmaputra Expedition Aquaterra Adventures |
| | Its now called the Siang, or the Upper Brahmaputra. | | | An exciting, true expedition style journey down one of the world's greatest rivers, The Tsang Po river, after flowing gently eastwards through Tibet, cuts the Greater Himalaya and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, Namche Barwa before it enters Arunachal Pradesh, where the expedition begins, a few miles inside the line-of-control with China. | | | The expedition begins with a ferry boat ride at Dibrugarh up the river to the plains of Pasighat, where the river enters India. |
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http://www.treknraft.com/river-rafting-india/rafting-india-brahmaputra.htm
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| | Brahmaputra Board |
| | have been approved by the Brahmaputra Board and the remaining 25 nos. | | | Tipaimukh Dam Project at the Manipur-Mizoram border which envisages construction of a 162-meter high dam with an installed capacity of 1500 MW has been accorded TAC in 1995 but could not be taken for implementation due to absence of agreement between the concerned States of Manipur-Mizoram and Assam. | | | The Brahmaputra Board has so far prepared Master Plan of various rivers and tributaries of Brahmaputra and Barak river system and rivers of Tripura. |
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http://wrmin.nic.in/cooperation/brahmaputra.htm
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| | Brahmaputra floods Assam; thousands displaced - Irna |
| | Last year, at least 200 people died and more than 12 million were displaced in floods that hit Assam, a state of 26 million people. | | | A flood control official said about 30,000 people were displaced overnight as rising flood waters of the Brahmaputra river cut a swathe through parts of eastern Assam. | | | The Brahmaputra is now flowing above the danger level in Assam, breaching mud embankments and snapping road links to interior areas, the statement said. |
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http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-16/0507181282184026.htm
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| | IWRA: Sustainable Development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basins |
| | Historically, water has always been regarded as a very important resource in South Asia, and it is also considered to be a main entry point for economic development of the region. | | | The idea of water transfer from the Brahmaputra to the Ganges also had a few supporters. | | | While the scarcity problem in the lean season is easy to resolve conceptually, problems arise when a definitive alternative to assure low-flow for augmentation is to be selected that would be acceptable to all the countries concerned. |
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http://www.iwra.siu.edu/committee/ganges-forum.html
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| | The Great Brahmaputra Descent The Great |
| | You are here: Home » Asia » India » The Great Brahmaputra Descent | | | This Tour is no longer offered by InfoHub. | | | On November 22,2002 22 people will travel for to the remote villeageofTuting in the far-east state of Arunachal Pradesh, to attempt an 8-day expedition-style descent of the upper Brahmaputra, locally called the Siang. |
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http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/11407.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Indo-China |
| | The principal mountain ranges are the mountains of Assam (the Blue Mountain, 7100 feet), and the Arakan-Yoma between the Brahmaputra and the Irawadi, the Shañ-Yoma, between the latter and the Salwin, which rises to the height of 10,500 feet; the Tanen-taung-gyi Mountains between the Me-kong and the Salwin, (Lai-pang-ngoun in the Shan Country, 8100 feet). | | | The mountains between the Me-kong and the Song-koi continue southwards as the Annamite Coast Range between the Me-kong and the sea, turn westwards on reaching the south of the peninsula, and, thus describing a figure which may be compared to a rude S, have a very important influence on the climate of the different countries. | | | In India on the other hand, where all the great rivers, except the Indus, run parallel to the equator, this natural growth of the population could take place without the necessity of encountering absolutely novel climatic and agricultural conditions. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07765a.htm
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| | Steve Currey's Expedition Company - Brahmaputra River India |
| | At the foothills of the easten Himalayas this is where the Siang river acquires the name of Brahmaputra. | | | The opportunity that you have been searching for to get away from the rush hour traffic and to re-kindle that fire for adventure. | | | Steve Currey's Expedition Company - Brahmaputra River India |
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http://www.expeditioncompany.net/trips/brahmaputra_river_ID42.htm
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| | River Dog: A Journey Down the Brahmaputra |
| | Roguish traveller Shand is joined by his canine equivalent: a streetwise pooch called Bhaiti with a reliable instinct for finding trouble. | | | An unputdownable river journey, following the course of the Tsiang Po - Brahmaputra from Tibet through the remote Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and on into Assam and Bangladesh. | | | Cheap Flights Budget Accommodation Travel Books Travel Forum Contact Us Home → Books → River Dog: A Journey Down the Brahmaputra |
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http://www.travelingo.org/books/0349115141
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| | Brahmaputra Infotech - Technology Solutions For the Planet |
| | As per popular understanding, e-HR refers to the automation of HR transactional activities such that HR managers are free to undertake transformational activities. | | | "We have found the services of Brahmaputra Infotech to be extremely satisfactory and indeed they have exceeded our expectations on various aspects such as understanding our needs, conceptualising and designing the website, and technical implementation assistance." | | | While most top-notch organisations have structured induction programmes for entry-level personnel, what happens to lateral hires, or even entry-level personnel in organizations that do not have structured induction programmes? |
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http://www.brahmaputrainfotech.com
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