ASSAM - MAP

The word "Assam " denotes the unparalleled beauty of the state. 

 

Assam is surrounded by international boundaries upto nearly 3,200 km. Assam is the second largest ( after Arunachal Pradesh)  state of North East India. It represents 2.39 % of the total land area of the country. 

The area of Assam extends from latitude 24°10’ N to 27°58’ N and longitude 89°49’ E to 97°26’ E between the foothills of eastern Himalayas and the Patkai and Naga Ranges. 

Assam is connected with the rest of the Indian Union by the Chicken's Neck in West Bengal ,which runs for 56 km below foothills of Bhutan and Sikkim.

Broadly, Assam is divided into three important physical regions: 

a) Brahmaputra valley  

b) Barak valley            

                                                            c) the hilly areas of Karbi Anglong and North Cacher hill districts.

Rivers of Assam and its tributaries: 

A) BRAHMAPUTRA : Bhoroli, Dikhow , Puthimari, Subansiri, Pagladiya, Manas, Beki, Bhogdoi, Belsiri, Jhanji, Dikhow, Godadhar, Kakodonga , Na -Dihing etc.

B) BARAK : Jiri , Jatinga, Bogapani, Sonai, Longai , Singra

C) KAPILI: Borapani, Jamuna , Kiling

D) SUBANSIRI: Sarikaria, Kumotiya , Jiyadhol

E) DIBRU: Dangari, Doom - Dooma

F) BURI - DIHING :

G) KAKODONGA: Dholi

H) DHANSIRI : Daiyang, Nambor, Koliyoni

I) NA- DIHING:   Dirak

J) MANAS: Ai

BRIDGES OVER BRAHMAPUTRA

a) Saraighat Bridge   ( 7 June, 1963)

b) Kalia Bhomora Bridge ( 14 April, 1987) 

c) Naranarayan Setu ( 15 April, 1998) 

d) New Saraighat Bridge ( 29 January, 2017) 

e) Bogibeel Bridge ( 25 December, 2018)

f) Dhola - Sadiya Bridge