Bottom left: Map of the Yarlung Tsangpo River watershed which drains the north slope of the Himalayas.
This is a list of dams on the Brahmaputra River and hydro–infrastructure in the
Brahmaputra River Basin which is a key constituent of the
Ganges-Brahmaputra basin of
Himalayan rivers. Brahmaputra originates near
Mount Kailash, flows through
Tibet where it is called Yarlung Tsangpo. It enters India in
Arunachal Pradesh in
Eastern Himalaya, and then enters Bangladesh where it is called Jamuna (not to be mistaken with
Yamuna tributary of Ganges in India). It finally flows into the
Bay of Bengal where it merges with the Ganges at
Sunderban Delta. There are existing and planned dams on Brahmaputra in Tibet and India, but none in Bangladesh.
^Bangladesh has no dam on Brahmaputra where it is called Jamuna. However, its tributaries, such as
Padma River (name of main channel of Ganges in Bangladesh) and
Teesta River, have upstream dams in India. The proposed
Ganges Barrage Project on Padma River in Bangladesh was abandoned in 2017 due to the lack of
return on investment and high cost in excess of US$5 billion.
Bibliography
Rudra, Kalyan (2018). Rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta: A Fluvial Account of Bengal. Springer.
ISBN9783319765440.
Bottom left: Map of the Yarlung Tsangpo River watershed which drains the north slope of the Himalayas.
This is a list of dams on the Brahmaputra River and hydro–infrastructure in the
Brahmaputra River Basin which is a key constituent of the
Ganges-Brahmaputra basin of
Himalayan rivers. Brahmaputra originates near
Mount Kailash, flows through
Tibet where it is called Yarlung Tsangpo. It enters India in
Arunachal Pradesh in
Eastern Himalaya, and then enters Bangladesh where it is called Jamuna (not to be mistaken with
Yamuna tributary of Ganges in India). It finally flows into the
Bay of Bengal where it merges with the Ganges at
Sunderban Delta. There are existing and planned dams on Brahmaputra in Tibet and India, but none in Bangladesh.
^Bangladesh has no dam on Brahmaputra where it is called Jamuna. However, its tributaries, such as
Padma River (name of main channel of Ganges in Bangladesh) and
Teesta River, have upstream dams in India. The proposed
Ganges Barrage Project on Padma River in Bangladesh was abandoned in 2017 due to the lack of
return on investment and high cost in excess of US$5 billion.
Bibliography
Rudra, Kalyan (2018). Rivers of the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta: A Fluvial Account of Bengal. Springer.
ISBN9783319765440.