a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)
Brahmaputra in American English
(ˌbrɑməˈputrə)
river flowing from the Himalayas of SW Tibet through Assam (India) & Bangladesh, where it joins the Ganges to form a vast delta at the head of the Bay of Bengal: c. 1,800 mi (2,897 km)