[brah-muh-poo-truh] 
| a river in S Asia, flowing from S Tibet through NE India and joining the Ganges River in Bangladesh. ab. 1700 mi. (2700 km) long. |
| Brah·ma·pu·tra (brä'mə-pōō'trə) A river of southern Asia rising in the Himalaya Mountains of southwest Xizang (Tibet) and flowing about 2,896 km (1,800 mi) east then south and west through northeast India to join the Ganges River and form a vast delta in central Bangladesh. |
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