Question
The Brahmaputra originates from which of the following glaciers?
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
The Brahmaputra river (also called as "BurlungButhur" by the Bodo people of Assam), called the Yarlung Tsangpo in the Tibetan language, originates on the Angsi Glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet and not Chema-Yungdung glacier, which was previously identified by geographer Swami Pranavananda in the 1930s.
The Angsi Glacier is a glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
This glacier is the origin of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet which is the Upper stream of the Brahmaputra River that flows into India and Bangladesh.
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Answer: (c)
The Brahmaputra river (also called as "BurlungButhur" by the Bodo people of Assam), called the Yarlung Tsangpo in the Tibetan language, originates on the Angsi Glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet and not Chema-Yungdung glacier, which was previously identified by geographer Swami Pranavananda in the 1930s.
The Angsi Glacier is a glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
This glacier is the origin of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet which is the Upper stream of the Brahmaputra River that flows into India and Bangladesh.
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