{"id":117047,"date":"2026-08-04T11:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117047"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:24:50","slug":"dikhow-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dikhow-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Dikhow River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dikhow River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flash floods from the Dikhow River recently submerged Assam&#8217;s Nepali Khuti, a self-reliant Gorkha dairy village, within two hours, destroying homes, livestock, and livelihoods completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dikhow River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important<\/span><b> south bank tributary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brahmaputra <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">River<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Zunheboto district of <\/span><b>Nagaland <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>enters into the Assam plain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through Naginimara of the <\/span><b>Sivsagar district of Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the Sivsagar district only to <\/span><b>join <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the river<\/span><b> Brahmaputr<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a at Dikhowmukh on its southern bank within the district.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> total length <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the river is <\/span><b>236 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>basin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>surrounded by <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><b> Brahmaputra River in the north<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Buridihing basin in the east, the Jhanji basin in the west,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Naga Hills in the south.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>leaves more than fifteen abandoned channels <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at different places in the <\/span><b>Assam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plain mostly in the <\/span><b>form of Ox-bow Lakes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/report\/assam-floods-the-village-the-dikhow-river-wiped-out\/20260803.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>RED<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dikhow River is an important south bank tributary of the Brahmaputra River. 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