Dhansiri

This article is about the river in Assam. For the river in Bangladesh, see Dhanshiri River.

Dhansiri
Dhansiri river near Golaghat
Dhansiri is located in Assam
Dhansiri
Mouth of Dhansiri river in Assam, India
Dhansiri is located in India
Dhansiri
Dhansiri (India)
Location
CountryIndia
LocationAssam, Nagaland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLaisang Peak (Nagaland)
Mouth 
 • location
Brahmaputra River
Length352 km (219 mi)

The Dhansiri is an Indian river of Golaghat District of Assam and the Chümoukedima District and Dimapur District of Nagaland. It originates from Laisang peak of Nagaland. It flows through a distance of 352 kilometres (219 mi) from south to north before joining the Brahmaputra on its south bank. Its total catchment area is 1,220 square kilometres (470 sq mi).[1]

Etymology

In Ahom Buranjis, it is mentioned as Khe-Nam-Ti-Ma which means A river coming from watery place. (Khe = A river, Nam = Water, Ti = Place, Ma = Coming)[2]

Geography

While flowing as the boundary between Karbi Anglong and Nagaland, it flanks a large wilderness very rich in wildlife. On one side is the Dhansiri Reserved Forest and on the other Intanki National Park.[3]

It has several types of important wood bearing trees along its bank like Intanki Forest.[4] Dhansari river along with Kapili by headward erosion has completely isolated the Mikir hills from the Peninsular plateau. There are numerous perennially waterlogged swampy region locally known as bils associated with this river.

Fishes

A fish survey conducted in 2011-12 found 34 species of fish belonging to five orders, thirteen families and 24 genera. Seventeen species of Cypriniformes were found, followed by eight species of Siluriformes.[5] The Dhansiri river in Dimapur has freshwater, semi torrent, hill stream and ornamental fish species.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Geography of Golaghat". Government of Assam. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  2. ^ Borua, Gopal Chandra. Ahom-Assamese-English dictionary (PDF). Calcutta. p. 40.
  3. ^ Choudhury, A.U. (2009). A Naturalist in Karbi Anglong. Revised 2nd edn. (1st pub. 1993), Gibbon Books, Guwahati, India. 152pp.
  4. ^ "Brief documentation of Dhansiripar Block". Government of Nagaland. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  5. ^ Acharjee, Biswajit Kumar; Das, Madhurima; Borah, Papari; Purkayastha, Jayaditya (1 November 2012). "Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Dhansiri River, Dimapur, Nagaland, India". Check List. 8 (6): 1163–1165. doi:10.15560/8.6.1163. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. ^ Acharjee, Biswajit Kumar; Das, Madhurima; Borah, Papari; Purkayastha, Jayaditya (1 November 2012). "Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Dhansiri River, Dimapur, Nagaland, India". Check List. 8 (6): 1163–1165. doi:10.15560/8.6.1163. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

26°40′N 93°45′E / 26.667°N 93.750°E / 26.667; 93.750


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