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India: drainage and water resources

The Brahmaputra and rivers of the North-East

Brahmaputra: Chemayungdung glacier source, Tsangpo, Namcha Barwa bend, Siang or Dihang, Sadiya, Assam valley, Jamuna, Meghna
North-bank tributaries: Subansiri, Kameng, Manas, Sankosh, Teesta, Dibang and Lohit at Sadiya
South-bank tributaries: Burhi Dihing, Dhansiri, Kopili
Teesta: Tso Lhamo and Zemu glacier source in Sikkim, Rangeet tributary, joins the Brahmaputra (Jamuna) in Bangladesh
Barak river of Manipur and Assam becoming Surma and Meghna; Manipur river and Loktak
Braided channel, Majuli island, floods and bank erosion of the Brahmaputra