Brahmaputra Valley

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The Brahmaputra Valley is a fertile, densely populated river valley in northeastern India and Bangladesh, shaped by the course and seasonal flooding of the Brahmaputra River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
river valley
biome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
borderedBy Eastern Himalayas
Shillong Plateau
surface form: Meghalaya Plateau

Patkai Hills
surface form: Patkai hills
climate humid subtropical climate
contains Dibrugarh district
surface form: Dibrugarh region

Guwahati
surface form: Guwahati metropolitan area

Jorhat district
surface form: Jorhat region

Majuli Island
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

India
drainedBy Brahmaputra
surface form: Brahmaputra River

tributaries of the Brahmaputra River
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
river transport
extendsInto Bangladesh plains
formedBy Brahmaputra
surface form: Brahmaputra River
hasCharacteristic densely populated
fertile
hasFeature broad floodplain
meandering river channels
numerous river islands
hasRisk flood disasters
land erosion
knownFor alluvial soils
rice cultivation
tea cultivation in surrounding areas
languageRegionFor Assamese
surface form: Assamese language

Bengali
surface form: Bengali language
locatedIn Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

Northeast India
West Bengal
majorRiver Brahmaputra
surface form: Brahmaputra River
partOf Assam
surface form: Assam region

Brahmaputra Valley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
playsRoleIn Brahmaputra River flood management issues
regional food security of Northeast India
regionType alluvial plain
shapedBy course of the Brahmaputra River
seasonal flooding of the Brahmaputra River
subjectTo riverbank erosion
seasonal flooding
supports intensive agriculture
large rural population

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Chirang district locatedInRiverBasin Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
Dibru River locatedInEcoregion Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra floodplains
Lohit River partOf Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
Dhol River partOfBasin Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
Ahom language region Brahmaputra Valley
Beki River partOf Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
Dri River partOf Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
Dri River drainageBasin Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra basin
Atlantic Ocean drainage basin hasPart Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra River basin
Siang River mouthRegion Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Assam Valley (as Brahmaputra)
Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project locatedInBasin Brahmaputra Valley
this entity surface form: Brahmaputra River basin