ABSTRACT
According to the Hindu belief, Brahmaputra means ‘‘son of the Creator, Lord Brahma.’’ The source of this river lies in the Kanglung Kang Glacier in the southwestern part of the Tibetan plateau at an elevation of 5300 m (82 100E, 30 300N) near Konggyu Tso Lake. The Brahmaputra River then traverses a distance of 2880 km before joining the Bay of Bengal (see Fig. 1).
