Old Brahmaputra River

For other, see Brahmaputra (disambiguation).

The Old Brahmaputra River (Bengali: পুরাতন ব্রহ্মপুত্র নদী, romanized: Purātana Brahmaputra Nadī) is a distributary of the Brahmaputra River in north-central Bangladesh.^[1] Historically it constituted the main stem of the Brahmaputra, however, the larger river's primary outflow was redirected via the Jamuna River after the 1762 Arakan earthquake.^[2] Today, the Old Brahmaputra has been relegated to a minor river with much less flow than its former self. The river branches off from the Brahmaputra in Jamalpur District and Mymensingh then flows southeasterly for approximately 200 km (120 mi) before meeting the Meghna River in Kishoreganj District.^[3][4]

Old Brahmaputra River
Location in Bangladesh
Location
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Rangpur Division Mymensingh Division
District	Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Mymensingh, Sherpur
Physical characteristics
Source	Brahmaputra River
Mouth	Meghna River
• coordinates	24°02′00″N 90°59′00″E

Boats amidst winter fog in Old Brahmaputra, Mymensingh

References

1. "Old Brahmaputra River". Retrieved 10 October 2017.
2. "Flooding concerns return to northeastern India". Al Jazeera.
3. "Old Brahmaputra River". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16.
4. "Brahmaputra runs dry in Mymensingh". The Daily Star. 27 May 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-06-13.