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The main aim of the present study is to analyse the magnitude and consequences of floods in the Puthimari River Basin of Assam, particularly from the second half of the 20th century to the 1st decade of the 21st century. An attempt has been made to study floods from 1958 to 2008. The hydrological data such as water level and water discharge have been collected from two different sources depending on its availability. The stage hydrographs have been prepared using maximum and minimum water level. The magnitude of floods has been identified by comparing the maximum stage hydrograph and danger …

The interaction between physical and human geography is obvious as both are two sub disciplines of parent subject Geography. But it has been felt that the gap between the two sub disciplines has been increasing as time passed. It has been tried to seek answer of the question that why the gap between these two sister disciplines has been increasing day by day putting the Tobler’s first law of Geography, ‘Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things’ as the base statement in the growth of specialization also. If we follow the first …