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{{Infobox river|name=Emra|source1_coordinates={{coord|29.1236|95.3167}}|source2_coordinates={{coord|29.1257|95.4417}}|mouth_coordinates={{coord|28.56568|95.83698}}|mouth=Dibang River|length_metric=93<ref name=":dibangstudy" />|tributaries_left=Chandro Pani, Iphi river, Yan Pani, Apoga Pani, Apogayaro Pani, Apili Pani and others<ref name=":dibangstudy" />|tributaries_right=Pabu Pani, Chiciyakuni Pani, Maha Pani, Pubu Pani, Ekunji Pani, Apusu Pani and others<ref name=":dibangstudy" />|pushpin_map=India Arunachal Pradesh#India|image=Emra river.png|image_caption=Emra highlighted in red}}

'''Emra River''' is a right-bank tributary of the [[Dibang River]] which eventually flows into the [[Brahmaputra River]]. The entire valley of the river is contained in the [[Etalin|Etalin Circle]] of the [[Dibang Valley district]].<ref name=census>[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1213_PART_B_DCHB_DIBANG%20VALLEY.pdf District Census Handbook – Dibang Valley, Part B], Census of India, 2011.</ref>

The river originates near the India-China [[Line of Actual Control]] in Arunachal Pradesh at an elevation of about 4000 m.<ref name=":dibangstudy">R. S. Envirolink Technologies (July 2016). [http://moef.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CIA_CCS_Dibangbasin.pdf ''Cumulative Impact & Carrying Capacity Study of Dibang Sub Basin on Brahmaputra River Valley.''] Volume I. Prepared for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Accessed on 17 June 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210616141926/http://moef.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CIA_CCS_Dibangbasin.pdf Archived] on 16 June 2021.</ref> Emra watershed/catchment area has a forest cover of 87% with high [[species richness]] and low [[habitat fragmentation]].<ref name=":dibangstudy" /> The [[Mishmi people]] live in the river valley/basin area.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gunter|first=Capt. C. P.|date=January 1915|title=The Mishmi Mission Survey Detachment|url=https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1915-January.pdf|journal=The Royal Engineers Journal|volume=XXI.1.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301210900/https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1915-January.pdf|archive-date=1 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Morshead|first=Ian|url=http://archive.org/details/lifemurderofhe00mors|title=The life and murder of Henry Morshead : a true story from the days of the Raj|date=1982|publisher=Cambridge, England ; [New York, N.Y., U.S.A.] : Oleander Press|others=|isbn=978-0-900891-76-2|pages=28|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Fish such as [[mahseer]] ([[Tor putitora]]) migrate from Dibang into Emra for spawning and breeding.<ref name=":dibangstudy" />

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite thesis|last=Sharma|first=Mohan|title=Changing Pattern of Spatio-Social Interrelationship of Hunting Community in Upper Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh|date=February 2020|degree=Degree of Master of Philosophy|publisher=Sikkim University|url=http://14.139.206.50:8080/jspui/bitstream/1/7224/1/Mohan%20Sharma%20M.Phil%20Final%20Work.pdf}} pg 40. "Emra River Valley: The northern portion of the region is a part of inner Himalayas and the southern portion that of the Middle Himalayas. The region spreads over the western parts of Etalin circle and a very small portion of Anelih circle [...]."
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>Kautilya3 at 12:18, 2 July 2021