Dhansiri River
Sign in to saveThe 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 from south to north before joining the Brahmaputra on its south bank. Its total catchment area is .
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- Dhansiri
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- 250
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- Dhansiri river near Golaghat
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- India Assam#India
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- Mouth of Dhansiri river in Assam, India
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- Laisang Peak (Nagaland)
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- Brahmaputra River
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- India
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- Assam, Nagaland
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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 from south to north before joining the Brahmaputra on its south bank. Its total catchment area is .
==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)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dhansiri River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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