{"id":360386,"date":"2026-04-09T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=360386"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:36:05","slug":"lohit-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lohit-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Lohit River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, the cabinet approved the investment Proposal for the construction of the 1200 MW Kalai-II Hydro Electric Project in Anjaw District of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<h2>About Lohit River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360392\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-360392\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/10669_2011_9372_Fig1_HTML.png?resize=504%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/10669_2011_9372_Fig1_HTML.png?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/10669_2011_9372_Fig1_HTML.png?w=559&amp;ssl=1 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Researchgate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>About:<\/strong> It is a <strong>perennial river<\/strong> which <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flows through <strong>Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Origin: <\/strong>It originates in the <strong>Zayal Chu range in eastern Tibet.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Course of river:<\/strong> It flows through Arunachal Pradesh, <\/span>\u00a0passing across the Mishmi Hills.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It finally enters Assam, where it joins the Brahmaputra River near Sadiya.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its main source is <strong>snowmelt from the Himalayan glaciers and other small streams.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> <strong>Rivers Dau, Dalai and Tidding<\/strong> are its major tributaries on the <strong>right bank<\/strong> and the river <strong>Lang <\/strong>is the major tributary on the <strong>left bank.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Catchment area:<\/strong> The catchment area of the river, including the Tibet region, is<strong> 29,487 sq km.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The catchment area experiences<strong> mostly a tropical wet season and supports dense mixed forest.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydel Project on river:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kalai-ii-hydroelectric-project\/\">Kalai-II Hydro Electric Project<\/a> has been developed on the Lohit River in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, the cabinet approved the investment Proposal for the construction of the 1200 MW Kalai-II Hydro Electric Project in Anjaw District of Arunachal Pradesh. About Lohit River About: It is a perennial river which flows through Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.\u00a0 Origin: It originates in the Zayal Chu range in eastern Tibet. Course of river:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lohit-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lohit River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-360386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}