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{{short description|River in northeast India}}{{Infobox river|name=Kameng River|pushpin_map=India | {{short description|River in northeast India}}{{Infobox river|name=Kameng River|pushpin_map=India Assam#India|image_caption=Kameng river at [[Bhalukpong]]|source1_coordinates={{coord|27.9261|92.7253}}|source1=North Arunachal Pradesh|mouth_coordinates={{coord|26.6319|92.8796}}|mouth=[[Brahmaputra River]]|tributaries_left=Tenga, Bichom and Dirang Chu|tributaries_right=Bor Dikarai, Pacha|map=Kameng River Basin.png|map_caption=Kameng River basin}}The '''Kameng River''' (previously named Bharali River, now called Kameng in [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and Jiabharali (Jia Bharali) in [[Assam]]) in the eastern [[Himalayan mountains]], originates in [[Tawang district]] from the [[glacial lake]] below snow-capped [[Gori Chen]] mountain {{coord|27|48|36|N|92|26|38|E}},<ref>Alpine Club Library - Himalayan Index - [http://www.alpine-club.org.uk/hi/screen2b_2.php?s=80&np=24 Results of Search by latitude/longitude]</ref> elevation {{convert|6300|m|ft|0}},<ref>(1997) ThinkQuest team, retrieved 10/1/2007 [http://library.thinkquest.org/10131/arunachal_kangtomassif.html Kangto Massif] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828062004/http://library.thinkquest.org/10131/arunachal_kangtomassif.html |date=2008-08-28 }}</ref><ref>East Kameng District at a glance, retrieved 9/15/07 [http://eastkameng.nic.in/InBrief.htm Brief History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210045049/http://eastkameng.nic.in/InBrief.htm |date=2003-12-10 }}</ref> on the [[McMahon Line|India-Tibet border]] and flows through [[Bhalukpong]] circle of [[West Kameng District]], Arunachal Pradesh and [[Sonitpur|Sonitpur District]] of Assam, [[India]]. It becomes a [[braided river]] in its lower reaches<ref name="Phukon">{{Cite book|last1=Phukon |first1=P. |last2=Machahary |first2=Ratamali |year=2011 |chapter=Bankline Migration of the Jiabharali River, North Brahmaputra Plain, Assam |title=Geodynamics, sedimenation and biotic response in the context of India-Asia collision |series=Memoir #77 |location=Bangalore |publisher=Geological Society of India |pages=547–557 |isbn=978-81-907636-2-2 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320197202_Bankline_Migration_of_the_Jiabharali_River_North_Brahmaputra_Plain_Assam }}</ref> and is one of the major tributaries of the [[Brahmaputra|Brahmaputra River]], joining it at [[Tezpur]], just east of the [[Kolia Bhomora Setu]] bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/people/zak/ramana/wapMiscLogistics.htm#WapLayoutMap |title=Eaglenest Biodiversity Project map of Western Arunachal Pradesh |access-date=1 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018012042/http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/people/zak/ramana/wapMiscLogistics.htm#WapLayoutMap |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
The Kameng River is about {{convert|264|km}} long. Its [[drainage basin]] is about {{convert|11843|km2}} large.<ref name="Rao1979">{{cite book|last=Rao|first=K.L.|title=India's Water Wealth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZNrXuA2y3MC&pg=PA78|access-date=1 May 2011|year=1979|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-0704-3|page=78}}</ref> | The Kameng River is about {{convert|264|km}} long. Its [[drainage basin]] is about {{convert|11843|km2}} large.<ref name="Rao1979">{{cite book|last=Rao|first=K.L.|title=India's Water Wealth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZNrXuA2y3MC&pg=PA78|access-date=1 May 2011|year=1979|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-0704-3|page=78}}</ref> | ||
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==Tributaries== | ==Tributaries== | ||
The eastern half of [[Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary|Eaglenest-Sessa Wildlife sanctuaries]] is drained by the Tippi Naala (Tippi River) which joins Kameng River at the village of Tippi on the Bhalukpong-Bomdila Highway. The other major rivers flowing through West Kameng District, the Tenga, Bichom and Dirang Chu, are tributaries of the Kameng.<ref>Nandy S.N. District Profile: [https:// | The eastern half of [[Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary|Eaglenest-Sessa Wildlife sanctuaries]] is drained by the Tippi Naala (Tippi River) which joins Kameng River at the village of Tippi on the Bhalukpong-Bomdila Highway. The other major rivers flowing through West Kameng District, the Tenga, Bichom and Dirang Chu, are tributaries of the Kameng.<ref>Nandy S.N. District Profile: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030411130434/http://www.geocities.com/himenvis/vol72/vol72-Nandy.htm West Kameng District], G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263643, India | ||
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