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Three Major Rivers in the Himalayan Mountain Range. By Bob The Himalayas contain many of things, and along with those things are rivers. Although this mountain range has countless rivers, this page only contains the three largest river systems in the Himalayas. The Yangtze River

The first major river system in the Himalayas, to be more precise, it is almost located in all of Asia. This is because it is the longest river in all of Asia, third longest in the world. It has many names, but the most used one is Yangtze. This came from the name of an ancient ferry crossing that crossed this river. The origin of this mighty river is a glacier west of the Geladandong mountain. It runs through many provinces, countries, landforms, and more. First, it passes through the Eastern Province of Qinghai, then it reaches Yunnan by going southward into a deep valley. Then at Yibin it reaches the basin of Sichuan. Here it will increase it's water amount tremendously since it gets many major tributaries. Cutting through Mt. Wushan, it makes the famous "Three Gorges" Then from Hubei it's water level over passes its max from the numerous lakes. Then it reaches the Eastern China Sea after running through Anhui and Jiangsu, where it journey ends. Though its journey may end, it's uses never stop. It was used as a boundary countless times in China's history. Also, it is still used as a transportation way for goods, human activity, commerce (Things like cruises) and more. The river also contains: power, chemical, auto, metallurgic, machinery industry belts, building materials, and high development zones. The river is crucial to connecting the mainland to the coast. What would we do without the Yangtze River? To learn more about the Yangtze river, [|click here]

Indus River The Indus River is one of the major river systems that happens to pass through the Himalayas. Though it may be the third largest and the longest river in all of the Indian Subcontinent, it is by far the most important river on the Subcontinent. The river's journey originates at a lake called Mansarovar, and it will flow its entire 1,976 mile length, until it reaches the Arabian Sea. Along the way, it picks up 20 major tributaries and a lot more minor ones, increasing it's water amount but wait, there's more. In Tibet, it starts flowing through the Ladakh-Baltistan region until it enters one of it's tributaries, Gilgit. There the Gilgit, along with the Shoyk and Shigar tributaries, flow into the Indus, where it's water level gets higher. It's journey will end at a delta west of Thatta but along the way it will pick up water from the Kabul River and the 5 Punjab rivers.

The Ganga-Brahmaputra The Ganga-Brahmaputra is a combonation of two rivers: the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. Ganges

The Ganges River originates in the Himalayas. There it travels 200 km. out of the mountain system into a town called Haridwar. Afterwards, it goes on a curving path where it passes through the city of Kanpur. Then, passing through numerous cities and merging with numerous tributaries, it enters Bangladesh. Here, it merges with the Brahmaputra river to form the mighty Ganga-Brahmaputra river.

Brahmaputra

The Brahmaputra is a major trans-boundary river in Asia. It is a 1,800 miles long and originates in Tibet. There it will start it's journey, first flowing through the Himalayas. Afterwards, it goes through a valley named Assam and eventually meets the Ganges river in Bangladesh. There it will merge with it to form a delta. A Delta is Born

When the rivers are merged, they form a river delta. This delta is the largest delta in the world and it is called the Ganges Delta.

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