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Brahmaputra RiverAt 2,948* kilometers long, the Brahmaputra is the 28 th longest river in the world according to Wikipedia. The The Brahmaputra River drains an area of 1,730,000 square kilometers. Its average discharge into the Bay of Bengal is 43,900 cubic meters per second. The drainage basin of the Brahmaputra River includes: India (58.0%), P.R. China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/P.R. China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%).RIVERS The Tribune,...posed a threat to the hydro power projects, sensitive national highways and communities living downstream along the Satluj and the Brahmaputra river basin in ... Ulfa opposes oil drilling in Brahmaputra River - Nov 2, 2006 The Daily Star,...destroyed petroleum works in India's resource-rich northeast Assam state said yesterday it opposed a plan to search for oil under the Brahmaputra River. ... China denies plan to divert water from Brahmaputra River - Oct 25, 2006 Islamic Republic News Agency,China has denied media reports that it was planning to divert the waters of Brahmaputra River to the Yellow River to feed its parched northern regions. ... India, China cooperating on Brahmaputra river - Oct 24, 2006 Indian Muslims,Oct 24 (IANS) India Monday sought to dispel the impression about a conflict of interest between New Delhi and Beijing over the Brahmaputra river and said the ... Millions live in fear that China aims to steal their river - Nov 19, 2006 Times Online,Like his father and grandfather before him, Abul Hussein rose at midnight to paddle his boat into the oily mid-current of the mighty Brahmaputra River. ... Hunt for oil in Brahmaputra hits roadblocks - Nov 21, 2006 Monsters and Critics.com,Guwahati, Nov 22 (IANS) India's plans to dig the Brahmaputra river to hunt for new crude oil reserves has hit new roadblocks with several influential pressure ... Rivals in partnership - Nov 21, 2006 Guardian Unlimited,Indian fears that China may try to divert the Brahmaputra river and ongoing Chinese anger about the presence in India of the Dalai Lama and 120,000 Tibetan ... China denies plan to divert water from Brahmaputra River - Oct 25, 2006 Zee News,Beijing, Oct 25: China has denied media reports that it was planning to divert waters of Brahmaputra River to its Yellow River to feed the parched northern ... China’s river plan worries India - Nov 13, 2006 Organiser,A controversial Chinese plan—currently on the boil in Beijing, that involves damming the Brahmaputra river and diverting 200 billion cubic metres of water ... China: What's ripe for settlement - Nov 20, 2006 Phayul,...to Beijing. What about the Chinese plans to divert water from the Brahmaputra River to the Yellow river in northwest China? Of course ... Last vestige of old Tibetan culture clings on - Nov 19, 2006 Guardian Unlimited,Many point out that China has plans to divert the Brahmaputra river, which begins in Tibet but passes through Arunachal Pradesh, to feed its arid northern and ... India frets over reports of Chinese plan to dam Brahmaputra - Oct 25, 2006 Khaleej Times,GUWAHATI - Reports that China may be planning to dam the giant Brahmaputra river have sparked official fears of an environmental disaster in India and calls ... China's President Hu visits India - Nov 20, 2006 Ninemsn,India's Brahmaputra river is one of several that rise on the Tibetan plateau, but talk that China may one day dam or divert its waters was downplayed by ... China woos India and Pakistan with nuclear know-how - Nov 20, 2006 Christian Science Monitor,...the rub. Recently, China announced a plan to dam the mighty Brahmaputra River just before it reaches the Indian border. Also, in ... Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in India on four-day state ... - Nov 20, 2006 DailyIndia.com,India is also likely to take up the Chinese Government's plan to build a dam on its side of the Brahmaputra River (known as Tsangpo in China) to divert the ... China's damming of Brahmaputra could trigger catastrophe - Oct 25, 2006 Daily News & Analysis,GUWAHATI: China's plans of building a dam over the Brahmaputra river and diverting water into its arid provinces have been opposed by regional governments in ... Turning the tide - Oct 26, 2006 Business Standard,China has recently initialled an accord with Bangladesh on sharing hydrological data and other information on the Brahmaputra river. ... A modest proposal - Oct 27, 2006 Economist,...grandiose. It would extend the link to the Yalu Zangbu river, as the upper reaches of India's Brahmaputra river are known in China. ... Rebel group in India's Assam opposes govt plan to scout for oil ... - Nov 2, 2006 Forbes,Front of Asom (ULFA), a separatist group in the resource-rich northeast Assam state, said it opposes a plan to search for oil under the Brahmaputra River. ... Damming of Brahmputra in China could trigger catastrophe - Oct 24, 2006 India eNews.com,Regional government's in India's northeast Wednesday warned of a catastrophe if Beijing went ahead in damming the Brahmaputra river and diverting water into ... Indian Oil Corporation has been issued a notice by pollution ... - Nov 2, 2006 NDTV.com,It is south Asia's largest river and one of the biggest water sources for India and Bangladesh. Reports say aquatic life and river ... Indian Oil Corporation in pollution row - Nov 2, 2006 NDTV.com,Indian Oil Corporation has been issued a notice by pollution authorities over releasing harmful pollutants into Brahmaputra river. ... Chinese President Hu's visit to focus on trade - Nov 19, 2006 DailyIndia.com,India would also take up the issue of the Chinese government's plan to build a dam on Brahmaputra river (known as Tsangpo in China) to divert the waters to ... Minister criticizes "predatory development" of Nu River - Oct 26, 2006 Interfax.cn (subscription),Wang Shucheng did not confine his criticism to the Nu River, but also mentioned the much-touted plans to induce water from the Brahmaputra River to the Yellow ... Northeast India separatist group opposes hunt for new oil sources - Nov 1, 2006 International Herald Tribune,...oil exploration firm based in Kazakhstan — to conduct a seismic survey along a 175-kilometer (110-mile) stretch of the bed of the Brahmaputra River in Assam ... India: Concern Over Possible China Dam - Oct 25, 2006 StratforGovernments of two Indian states called on New Delhi to intervene Oct. 25 following reports that China might dam the Brahmaputra River. ... ULFA to oppose digging Brahmaputra for crude oil - Nov 2, 2006 India eNews.com,The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Thursday said it would not allow a state-owned oil exploration firm to dig the Brahmaputra river to hunt for new ... Brahmaputra water: India confident China - Oct 23, 2006 Zee News,New Delhi, Oct 24: Amid a report that China is planning to divert the course of Brahmaputra river, New Delhi expressed confidence that Beijing will share ... ULFA firm on sovereignty for Assam - Nov 2, 2006 Times of India,The ULFA also came down heavily on Oil India Limited for going in for oil exploration on the Brahmaputra river bed and described this as a move by the Central ... Africa Water Experts Seek Remedy to Looming Crisis - Oct 26, 2006 Pacifica RadioChina's plans to build a dam over the Brahmaputra river and divert water into its arid provinces have been met with opposition from regional governments in ... Art gallery in Mymensingh kindles memory of Zainul - Nov 1, 2006 The Daily Star,He would often sit on the large shoals of Brahmaputra river and draw. It was during this time that his teachers encouraged him to go to Kolkata to study art. ... |