{"id":130245,"date":"2026-10-23T12:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130245"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:37:25","slug":"kekaidong-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kekaidong-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Kekaidong River, Location, Origin, Ecological Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kekaidong River is associated with West Karbi Anglong district in Assam. It gained attention in June 2026 following the reported sighting of a juvenile gharial, highlighting the importance of freshwater habitat conservation in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Kekaidong River<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kekaidong River is a river of Assam, associated with the Brahmaputra drainage system. Its geographical features and reported wildlife sighting are relevant to the study of Assam&#8217;s river systems and freshwater biodiversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The river flows through Assam and is associated with the Golaghat\u2013Jorhat region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It originates in the Naga Hills of Nagaland and enters the plains of Assam near Kulajan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course and drainage:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It flows through hilly and plain terrain and joins the Gelabil River, which ultimately drains into the Brahmaputra River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Approximately 70 km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Drainage basin: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approximately 1,112.86 sq. km, with extensive agricultural land, including tea gardens and paddy fields.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bojalkata, Chereli, Soraipani, Kasojan, Dholi, Doijan, Chelcheli, Ghiladhari and Khar Jan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ecological significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A juvenile gharial was reportedly sighted in the river in June 2026, drawing attention to freshwater habitat conservation in Assam<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Read:- <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brahmaputra River System<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kekaidong River in Assam originates in the Naga Hills, flows through the plains, joins the Gelabil River, and supports freshwater biodiversity and wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":130186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[11094,11046],"class_list":["post-130245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-kekaidong-river","tag-river-in-india","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130259,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130245\/revisions\/130259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}