The Tuirial is a river of

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

and

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, northeastern India. It is also known as River Sonai, a tributary of

Barak River The Barak River or Barbakro or Agu flows through the states of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam in India. It flows into Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converge again to become the Meghna river before ...

. It flows in a northerly direction towards

Cachar Cachar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. After independence, the pre-existing undivided Cachar district was split into four districts: Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills), Hailakandi, Karimganj, and the ...

district and joins the

at Dungripar Village near

Sonai Sonai (Pron:/'sə(ʊ)'nʌɪ) is a town in Cachar district, the Cachar district in the Indian state of Assam. It is also the name of a circle and block in the town. Government of Assam declared it as a municipal area on 2016 with 11 wards. The Riv ...

town. It is impounded by the Tuirial Dam.

Geography

The river is about long. It originates from Chawilung hills (62 km from Aizawl) in

Aizawl District Aizawl district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. Geography Divisions The district has 5 R.D. Blocks, Aibawk, Darlawn, Phullen, Thingsulthliah and Tlangnuam. The district has 14 legislative assembly constituencies. ...

. It flows northward to join the

in Assam.

References

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