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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 ...
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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. I ...
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Barak River The Barak River flows through the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam in India. Further it enters Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converges again to become the Meghna river before f ...


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* Aie River * Akoria river * Balsiri River * Baralia River * Borgang River *
Barnadi River The Barnadi (Bornadi) River is in the State of Assam in India. In British India, the river separated the Kamrup district and Darrang Darrang () is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are ...
* Baroi River *
Bhogdoi River The Bhogdoi River is a tributary of the Brahmaputra in India. From its origin in the Naga hills it flows through the city of Jorhat Jorhat ( ) is one of the important cities and a growing urban centre in the state of Assam in India. Etymol ...
* Beki River * Champabati River * Debang River * Desang River * Dhansiri * Digaru River *
Dihing River Dihing or Burhi Dihing (Dihong = wide river ) is a large tributary, about long, of the Brahmaputra River in Upper Assam in northeastern India. The river originates at above sea level in the Eastern Himalayas (the Patkai Hills) in Arunachal P ...
(or Buridihing) * Dikhow River * Doigroong River *
Doyang The Doyang is the longest and largest river in the Indian state of Nagaland. With its origin from small streams near the Nagaland–Manipur border, it first flows to the form the River Dzüü and Sidzü which flows in a parallel direction in Ko ...
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Dudhnoi River The Dudhnoi River is a sub-tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. The Dudhnoi river originates in the East Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The Dudhnoi River meets Krishnai River at Matia of Goalpara district and then flows as ...
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Gabharu River The Gabharu River is a northern bank tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. The Gabharu river originates in the Kalafangapo hills of Arunachal Pradesh in the West Kameng District and flows through Sonitpur district of As ...
* Gaurang River * Gadadhar River *
Jatinga River The Jatinga River is a north bank tributary of the Barak River in the Indian state of Assam. The river originates from Barail hill range in the village Jatinga at Dima Hasao district of Assam. The Jatinga then flows through the western boundary ...
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Jhanji River The Jhanji River (also known as Jaji river or Jhanzi river or Janji river) is a tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. The Jhanji river originates in Mokokchung district of Nagaland. The Jhanji river serves as the we ...
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Jiadhal River The Jiadhal River is a northern sub-tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. The river originates from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. The Jiadhali river flows through the Dhemaji district and takes the name of Kumotiya R ...
* Jinari River *
Jiri River The Jiri River is a tributary of the Barak River in the Indian state of Assam. The river originates from Boro Ninglo area of Dima Hasao district. The Jiri river serves as the inter-state boundary between Manipur and Assam and joins the Barak River ...
* Kalioni River *
Kameng River The Kameng River (previously named Bharali River, now called Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh and Jiabharali (Jia Bharali) in Assam) in the eastern Himalayan mountains, originates in Tawang district from the glacial lake below snow-capped Gori Chen mo ...
(also called Jiabhorali) * Katakhal River *
Kolong River The Kolong River or Kailang is an anabranch of the Brahmaputra River, which diverts out from the Brahamputra river in Hatimura region of Jakhalabandha (Nagaon district, Assam, India), and meets the same at Kolongpar near Guwahati. The tributar ...
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Kopili River Kopili River is an interstate river in Northeast India that flows through the states of Meghalaya and Assam and is the largest south bank tributary of the Brahmaputra in Assam. Course The Kopili originates in the Meghalaya plateau and flow ...
* Krishnai River *
Kulsi River The Kulsi River is a tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. The river originates from West Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. The Kulsi river is known as Khir River in its origin. After travelling 12 km in Meghalaya, this river ...
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Kushiyara River The Kushiyara River is a distributary river in Bangladesh and Assam, India. It forms on the India-Bangladesh border as a branch of the Barak River, when the Barak separates into the Kushiyara and Surma. The waters that eventually form the Kushiy ...
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Lohit River The Lohit River, also known as the Zayul Chu by the Tibetans and Tellu by the Mishmis, is a river in China and India, which joins the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam. It is formed in the Zayul County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, ...
* Manas River *
Mora Dhansiri River The Dhansiri is a 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 Bra ...
* Mothura River * Nanoi River * Noa Dehing River * Noa-Nadi River *
Nona River The Nona River is a sub-tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. The Nona River originates in the hills of Samdrup Jongkhar and flows through Baksa district and Nalbari district in Assam Assam (; ) is a state in no ...
* Pagladiya River *
Puthimari River The Puthimari River rises in Assam, India. It is a tributary of 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 ...
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Ranganadi River The Ranganadi River (also known as Paniyor River) is a sub-tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. The river originates from Nilam, Marta and Tapo mountain ranges of Himalayan foothills of Arunachal Pradesh. The Ranganad ...
* Sankosh River * Saralbhanga River * Shiri River * Siang River *
Subansiri River The Subansiri River; is a trans- Himalayan river and a tributary of the Brahmaputra River that flows through Tibet's Lhünzê County, Shannan Prefecture and the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. The Subansiri is long, with a dra ...
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Tipkai River The Tipkai River is a north and Himalayan tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. It rises in the Bhutan hills, flows through the Kokrajhar district and Dhubri district of Assam and joins the Brahmaputra River The B ...
* Tuni River * Diju River


See also

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List of rivers of India This is a list of rivers of India, starting in the west and moving along the Indian coast southward, then northward. Tributary rivers are listed hierarchically in upstream order: the lower in the list, the more upstream. The overall discharge of r ...


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Principal Rivers of Assam
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