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Meaning of Yarlung Zangbo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Examples

“The Western traveler is usually permitted only in Lhasa, Gyangze and Xigaze, which form a slender, 200-mile-long triangle across the valley of the Yarlung Zangbo (whose water dives into Bangladesh and, as the Brahmaputra, flows into the Bay of Bengal) and its longest tributary, the Lhasa River.”
“Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Tibet's capital Lhasa, the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) river and the cities of Nyingchi and Shannan between Jul. 25-27, official news agency Xinhua reported.”
“India's foreign ministry said on Friday that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China's plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo river which flows into India.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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