The Champabati River (Assamese: চম্পাৱতী নদী) is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. The Champabati River has three sub tributaries - ''Bhur River'' (including ''Mora Bhur River''), ''Lopani'' and ''Dhol pani'' which are originated from Bhutan hills. ''The Bhur River'' originates at Gurungdando and flows through Bhur village located in Sidli Tehsil of

Chirang district Chirang District is an administrative district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam state in the North-East of India. History It is a relatively new district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. Chirang district has been carved ...

and after entering into Assam it takes a small river called Patiakhola. Then the Bhur River turned into a narrow sandy form and flows through Manas National Park and arrives at Shantipur and from Shantipur the Bhur river flows in south west direction and entered into Bengtal Sanctuary taking Khungrung River at its right in Hantupara. After Bengtal Sanctuary, the Bhur river flows to south taking the name of Baahbari River. Then the Bhur River flows through the Saalbari Bhurpar and takes two sub-tributaries from phoolkumari River in its both sides and meets Dholpani River and it finally takes the name of Champabati River. ''The Dholpani river'' also originates in Bhutan hills and flows in Bhutan-India border before it takes two sub-tributaries Arne Khola river and Tiniabadhi river and finally meets the Champabati river. ''The Lopani river'' flows through Chirang forest and takes a tributary from Jhora Beel before it meets the Dholpani river. Dholpani and Lopani meets together and take the name of Champabati river. ''The Champabati river'' divides into two parts after crossing the National Highway 31C and finally joins the

Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...

near Chapar of Dhubri district.

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Rivers of Assam Rivers of India {{India-river-stub