SUNPURA LIMESTONE
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Description
Lieutenant E. A. Rowlatt travelled on 22nd November 1844 from Sudyah (note 1) upstream on the Burhampooter (Brahmaputra) and, having passed the mouth of the Tainga-panee (Tenga Pani 27°45'N: 95°46'E), noticed that from this point upwards the banks and islands are almost entirely formed of stones [note 2] washed down from the mountains. … Nov. 23rd… by 9 a.m. we reached the Khamptee [Kamti] village of the Kaptan Gohain at Choonpoora (ROWLATT, E A 1846: 477). ETYMOLOGY: The Assamese place name Sunpura, Chunpoora (note 3) or Choonpoora (ROWLATT, E A 1846: 477), from -chunam- (note 4), translates as Lime Town or Limestone Town.Lieutenant E. A. Rowlatt travelled on 22nd November 1844 from Sudyah (note 1) upstream on the Burhampooter (Brahmaputra) and, having passed the mouth of the Tainga-panee (Tenga Pani 27°45'N: 95°46'E), noticed that from this point upwards the banks and islands are almost entirely formed of stones [note 2] washed down from the mountains. … Nov. 23rd… by 9 a.m. we reached the Khamptee [Kamti] village of the Kaptan Gohain at Choonpoora (ROWLATT, E A 1846: 477). ETYMOLOGY: The Assamese place name Sunpura, Chunpoora (note 3) or Choonpoora (ROWLATT, E A 1846: 477), from -chunam- (note 4), translates as Lime Town or Limestone Town.
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Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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45.2 | TIDING STALSCAPE | ||
49.2 | DEO DOWAR HOLLOW, Brahmakund | ||
54.2 | DEMWE SOLUTION CAVITIES | ||
63.4 | CUPA (Cave of) | ||
200.6 | PUGO CAVE | ||
359.0 | Shui Lian Dong | ||
603.0 | Tieren (Grotte de) | ||
620.8 | Rje kun 'gro | ||
1119.8 | Shanlindong Est | 128003 | 593 |