brahmaputra forms padma river after its meeting with the ganga.
brahmaputra forms padma river after its meeting with the ganga.
what does brahmaputra form after its meeting with the ganga?
padma river
also near the end of the 18th century, the course of the lower brahmaputra changed dramatically, altering its relationship with the ganges. in 1787 there was a great flood on the teesta river, which at the time was a tributary of the ganges-padma river. the flood of 1787 caused the teesta to undergo a sudden change course (an avulsion), shifting east to join the brahmaputra and causing the brahmaputra to shift its course south, cutting a new channel. this new main channel of the brahmaputra is called the jamuna river. it flows south to join the ganges-padma. since ancient times the main flow of the brahmaputra was more easterly, passing by the city of mymensingh and joining the meghna river. today this channel is a small distributary but retains the name brahmaputra, sometimes old brahmaputra. the site of the old brahmaputra-meghna confluence, in the locality of langalbandh, is still considered sacred by hindus. near the confluence is a major early historic site called wari-bateshwar.
ganges
himalayan rivers development envisages construction of storage reservoirs on the main ganga and the brahmaputra and their principal tributaries in india and nepal along with inter-linking canal system to transfer surplus flows of the eastern tributaries of the ganga to the west apart from linking of the main brahmaputra with the ganga. apart from providing irrigation to an additional area of about 22 million hectares the generation of about 30 million kilowatt of hydro-power, it will provide substantial flood control in the ganga-brahmaputra basin. the scheme will benefit not only the states in the ganga-brahmaputra basin, but also nepal and bangladesh, assuming river flow management treaties are successfully negotiated.
indian rivers inter-link