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Nafis Ahmad
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LOCATION: Dacca, Bangladesh
Professor of Geography, University of Dacca, Bangladesh. Author of Economic Geography of East Pakistan; editor of Oriental Geographer.
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Brahmaputra River, major river of Central and South Asia. It flows some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganges (Ganga) River, after which the mingled waters of the two rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal. Along its course the Brahmaputra passes…
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