GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The source of Brahmaputra is from ____
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Pindari glacier
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A glacier near the Manasarovar lake
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Somewhere in Tibet
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Punjab
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Brahmaputra river its origin in the Angsi glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River, it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges (including the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) and into Arunachal Pradesh (India).
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The Brahmaputra has its origin in the Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range near the Mansarovar lake.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indus River originates in the Kailash Range, about 100 kilometres north of Mansarovar Lake.
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