Pagladiya River

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Pagladiya River
Pagladia River
Pagladiya River in Nalbari district
Pagladiya River is located in Assam
Pagladiya River
Pagladiya River is located in India
Pagladiya River
Location
StateAssam
DistrictBaksa & Nalbari
Physical characteristics
SourceBhutan Hill
 • locationDeothang , Bhutan
 • coordinates26°51′24.5″N 91°24′54.2″E / 26.856806°N 91.415056°E / 26.856806; 91.415056
MouthBrahmaputra River
 • coordinates
26°15′18.9″N 91°25′59.7″E / 26.255250°N 91.433250°E / 26.255250; 91.433250
Basin features
ProgressionPagladiya River - Brahmaputra River

The Pagladiya River is a northern bank

Brahmaputra river. Pagladiya River is perennial, very shallow, and is characteristically known for flash floods and high discharge rates.[2]

Pagladiya river from Sonkuriha bridge in Nalbari district

Relict of Pagladiya

The Pagladiya basin has been developed by the actively migrating nature of the stream and resulted a basin of complex migration pattern. The relict of the earlier Pagladiya known as Mora Pagladiya (Dead Pagladiya) can still be seen in the form of abandoned channel passing through Khagrabari and Barama of

Baksa District.[2]

References

  1. ^ "About Brahmaputra Board" (PDF).
  2. ^
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