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{{Infobox river
| name = Dihing River
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| name_other = Burhi Dihing River
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| image = Dihing River at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh (photo - Jim Ankan Deka).jpg
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| image_caption = Dihing river at [[Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh|Namsai]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
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| length = {{convert|380|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Channel Form"/>
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| source1 = [[Patkai|Patkai Hills]]
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|2375|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Channel Form"/>
| mouth = [[Brahmaputra River]]
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| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|27|14|0|N|94|42|0|E|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{cite web|author=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|title=Burhi Dihing River|work=Geographical Names|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2905474&fid=2719&c=india|publisher=ITA|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref>
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'''Dihing''' or '''Burhi Dihing''' (Dihong = wide river ) is a large tributary, about {{convert|380|km|mi}} long,<ref name="Channel Form">{{cite journal|author1=Sarma, Jogendra N.|author2=Basumallik, Sudhir|title=Channel Form and Process of the Burhi Dihing River, India|journal=Geografiska Annaler. Series A: Physical Geography|doi=10.2307/521528|volume=68|number=4|year=1986|pages=373–81|jstor=521528}}</ref> of the [[Brahmaputra River]] in Upper [[Assam]] in northeastern India. The river originates at {{convert|2375|m|ft}} above sea level in the Eastern [[Himalayas]] (the [[Patkai]] Hills)<ref name="Channel Form"/> in [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and flows through [[Tinsukia]] (''Tinicukeeya'') and Dibrugarh Districts in Assam to its confluence with the Brahmaputra at Dihingmukh. Its watershed covers about {{convert|6000|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="Channel Form"/> The Dihing has created number of [[oxbow lake]]s in the area.

The Disang is a tributary of the Dihing in its southern bank. The Jeypore-Dihing Rainforest, numerous petroleum fields, wet-paddy fields, bamboo orchards and tea gardens provide a unique landscape along its course. [[Ledo, Assam|Ledo]], [[Margherita]], [[Digboi]], [[Duliajan]] and [[Naharkatia]] (''Nahorkotiya'') are the small towns in its valley. Dihing is the one of the most important contributors to the Brahmaputra River. The plains of the Dihing Valley has a rich variety of flora and fauna. The [[Betel nuts]] are produced most in the areas of the Dihing Plains.

==History==

According to historical as well as geographical records, the Dihing once flowed through entire Upper Assam and met the Brahmaputra at Mahuramukh in [[Bokakhat]]. At that time the rivers Disang, Dikhou, Disai, Dhansiri were all tributaries to the Dihing. The river later dried out during the 17th century (as mentioned in Buranjis) and changed course to join the Brahmaputra at Dihingmukh.

Even before that, the river met the Brahmaputra near the confluence of [[Subansiri river]]. At that time the Dikhou river had an independent route and flowed as [[Kolong River|Kolong]] and joined the Brahmaputra at Kajalimukh in [[Nagaon district]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Prakash|first=Col. Ved|title=Encyclopedia of Northeast India Volume 1|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ic4UCdaxbHIC|year=2007|publisher=Atlantic Publishers|isbn=978-81-269-0703-8|page=98}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Assam]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Brahmaputra River]]
[[Category:Rivers of Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Ahom kingdom]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

Dihing River - Revision history

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