Source of the Brahmaputra River: Chemayungdung Glacier near Mount Kailash

The Brahmaputra River originates at the Chemayungdung Glacier on the northern slopes of the Himalayas in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The glacier lies near sacred Mount Kailash (6,638 m), revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bön. From this remote high‑altitude source (~5,300 m), the river (known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet) flows eastward ~1,700 km across the Tibetan Plateau before turning south into India (Arunachal Pradesh) and eventually Bangladesh, where it joins the Ganges to form the vast Sundarbans delta.