Gaurang (alternately spelled Gaurang or Gwrang) is a -long river which originates in
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
and flows southward into India. It first enters India in
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 carv ...
, where it is known as Swrmanga, then flows westward into
Kokrajhar district
Kokrajhar district is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. It is predominantly inhabited by the Boro tribe. The district has its headquarters located at Kokrajhar Town and occupies an area of . It has two civil s ...
, then turns south into
Dhubri district
Dhubri District (Pron:ˈdʊbri) is an administrative district in the Indian state of Assam. The district headquarters are located at Dhubri town which is situated at ~290 km from Guwahati. This was also the headquarters of erstwhile undivid ...
, where it terminates on the right bank of the
Brahmaputra River.
See also
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List of rivers of Assam
This is a list of rivers of Assam, India.
Major
*Brahmaputra River
*Barak River
Others
*Aie River
*Akoria river
*Balsiri River
*Baralia River
*Borgang River
*Barnadi River
*Baroi River
*Bhogdoi River
*Beki River
*Champabati River
*Debang River
* ...
References
Rivers of Assam
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Rivers of Bhutan
Chirang district
Kokrajhar district
Dhubri district