Dhansiri River: Tributaries & Brahmaputra Connection .

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Key Facts

  • Major river of Northeast India.

  • Origin: Laisang Peak, Nagaland

  • Length: Approximately 352 km

  • Flows through:

    • Nagaland

    • Assam

  • Important places:

    • Dimapur

    • Golaghat

  • Joins the Brahmaputra at Dhansirimukh.

  • It is a southern tributary of the Brahmaputra.

Importance

  • Agriculture

  • Flood hydrology

  • Wetlands and biodiversity

  • Regional drainage

Key Pointers

  • Origin → Laisang Peak

  • State of origin → Nagaland

  • States → Nagaland + Assam

  • Basin → Brahmaputra

  • Confluence → Brahmaputra

  • Direction → broadly south-to-north.