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	Publisher: CONCEPT PUBLISHING COMPANY PVT LTD
	Author Edited By S. Sengupta, K. R. Sinha
	Language: English
	Pages: 175 (B/W Illustrations)
	Cover: HARDCOVER
	9x6 inch
	Weight 360 gm
	Edition: 2006
	ISBN: 9788180692765
	HBP287

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About the Book This compendium of twelve papers, presented at a national seminar on River Systems in the North Eastern India and their impact upon the Region's Environmental Development, held at St. Mary's College, Shillong, attempts to study the river systems in the North-East India as a whole and the cases of particular rivers along with their overall impact on the natural landscape, rural and urban morphology and regional development. The contributors deal with the various problems and prospects of the north-eastern rivers as well as progress made by them in the physical, social and cultural aspects of the region. They also make in-depth study of some individual rivers and their tributaries, highlighting their historical, physical, cultural and economic significance.

About the Authors Dr. S. Sengupta is a senior faculty in Geography in St. Mary's College, Shillong. She has edited a book entitled Shillong -A Tribal City in Transition published in 2004. Also, she has to her credit several research articles published in different volumes. She has presented papers on population studies, economic and regional studies in many national and international seminars, workshops and conferences.

Dr. K.R. Sinha is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, St. Mary's College, Shillong. Her field of specialization is agricultural geography and agricultural policies. Currently, she is working as the Director in a UGC sponsored project on "Geo-Environment Appraisal of Shillong Urban Agglomeration with Special Reference to Solid Waste Management."

Ms. S. Purkayastha, Lecturer in Geography, St. Mary's College, Shillong, has registered as a research scholar in North Eastern Hill University. Her field of specialization is Geomorphology. She has undertaken research on geo-environmental issues of Shillong town. Also, she is one of the joint coordinators of the UGC sponsored project on "Geo-Environment Appraisal of Shillong Urban Agglomeration with Special Reference to Solid Waste Management".

Ms. W.B. Rani, Lecturer in Geography, St. Mary's College, Shillong, is also a joint coordinator of the UGC sponsored Project on "Geo-Environment Appraisal of Shillong Urban Agglomeration with Special Reference to Solid Waste Management".

Ms. S. Das, Lecturer in Geography, St. Mary's College, Shillong, has to her credit a good number of research articles published in books and periodicals. She has presented papers in many regional, national and international seminars, workshops and conferences. She takes particular interest in urban social studies.

Preface The North Eastern Region of India is a land of rivers. Rivers like Brahmaputra, Barak and their numerous tributaries drain the entire region. These major and minor rivers and their innumerable tributaries in the region determine primarily the natural vegetation, soil composition, fertility and expanse of cultivable land and in turn also have considerable impact on the settlement patterns of human groups and their preference for farming practices. Presence or absence of rivers is also significant from the view point of generation of hydroelectricity, development of inland navigation, possibilities of irrigation and so on. Further the rivers in the region have been the root cause of one of the pertinent natural calamities, that is, flood and annual inundation of their basin areas. Thus, controlling of flood and soil erosion remains as one of the major developmental programmes in the region for which a proper understanding of hydraulics of the stream flow is essential. The river systems in the North Eastern Region of India are, thus, significant in almost every sphere of life whether physical, economic or socio-cultural.

Introduction Honourable President, esteemed scholars, revered colleagues, ladies and gentlemen present. I feel extrememly honoured on being called upon to deliver the keynote speech on this very important topic before this august gathering of the luminaries. However, I shall make a brief speech by way of giving a geographical introduction to the river system of the North East India and the status of the environment in which they exist.

North East India falls within the tropical monsoon climate with an average annual rainfall of 200 cm. It may be noted that the region contains the rainiest locality of the world, i.e. the Mawsynram Cherrapunjee area. Besides, North East India has one of the densiest drainage network in the world, due essentially to high rainfall and the character of the topography with hills, mountain and flat land just opposed together. There are seven sets of drainage system covering the region. They are (i) the Brahmaputra in the north, (ii) Barak - surma system in the middle, (iii) Chindwin system fed by the Tizu, Yu and Manipur rivers in the east and south-east, (iv) Chimtuipui in the southern part, (v) Karnaphuli in the western part of Mizoram (vi) Gumti in the middle part and (vii) Feni in the southern part of Tripura. All these systems are international in their extension and go either to Bangladesh or Myanmar.

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