Dibrugarh
[key], city, Assam state, NE India, at the confluence of the Brahmaputra
and Bibru rivers. The town is on a narrow plain adjacent to hills and is
often threatened by monsoon floods. It is a district administrative center
and a terminus for rail and river traffic. There are four airfields, which
were used by the British against Japanese forces in Myanmar during World II.
Dibrugarh is surrounded by tea plantations and has tea factories and rice
and oilseed mills. There is some coal mining and petroleum production.
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