2025 Geography - Rivers

The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a “U” turn in its course to flow into India. This “U” turn is due to

  • Uplift of folded Himalayan series
  • Syntaxtal bending of geologically young Himalayas
  • Geo-tectome disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
  • Both: (a) and (b: above

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