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The Brahmaputra River finds its origin in the Chema Yundung glacier of Tibet and flows through India and Bangladesh. The slope of the river decreases suddenly in front of the Himalayas and results in the deposition of sediment and a braided channel pattern. It flows through Assam, India, along a valley comprising its own Recent alluvium. In Assam the basin receives 300 cm mean annual rainfall, 66–85%...
The present study on Majuli, the largest river island of the Brahmaputra, aims at exploring its origin and geomorphological evolution during the last century. According to the earlier official data, in 1901 the island covered an area of 1255 km 2 . The databases of the study comprised historical reports, SOI topographic maps of 1917, 1966-1972 and satellite images of 1996 and 2001. The Brahmaputra...
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