The Ganga-Brahmaputra basin is the largest basin in the world, with its sources in the Himalayas. It covers a large part of northern India and almost all of Bangladesh, bounded by the Himalayas to the north and the peninsular plateau to the south. The basin stretches from upper Assam in the east to the Indus plain in the west, and includes the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Assam. The Brahmaputra river is joined by several tributaries like the Dibang, Lohit, Subansari, Manas, Sankosh, Tista, Dhansiri and Ch