What is the characteristics of brahmaputra
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The basin of the Brahmaputra river is 651 334 km2 and it is a good
example of a braided river and meanders quite a bit and frequently forms
temporary sand bars. A region of significant tectonic activity has
developed in the Jamuna River and is associated with the Himalayan
uplift and development of the Bengal foredeep. Several researchers has
hypothesized that the underlying structural control on the location of
the major river systems of Bangladesh. A zone of 'structural weakness'
along the present course of the Ganga-Jamuna-Padma Rivers due to either a
subsiding trough or a fault at depth has been observed by Morgan and
Melntire.(1959). Scijmonsbergen (1999) contends that width changes in
the Jamuna may respond to these faults and they may also cause increased
sedimentation upstream of the fault. He presented a few images to argue
that a fault downstream of the Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge has
affected channel migration. Huge accumulations of sediment that have
been fed from Himalayan erosion has been produced due to the deepening
of the Bengal Basin, with the thickness of sediment above the
Precambrian basement increasing from a few hundred metres in the shelf
region to over 18 km in the Bengal foredeep to the south. The tectonic
and climatic context for the large water and sediment discharges in the
rivers of Bangladesh was set by the ongoing subsidence in the Bengal
Basin, combined with high rates of Himalayan uplift. The control of
uplift and subsidence is, however, clear. The courses of the Jamuna and
Ganga Rivers are first-order controls due to the fact that they are most
influenced by the uplifted Plcistoccnc terraces of the Barind and
Madhupur tracts.[13]
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Brahmputra river is also known as___✌️✌️
a) Tsangpo
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