Lower Assam (also Western Assam) (Assamese: পশ্চিম/নামনি অসম), "Kamrup" (ancient, medieval and pre-colonial); is an administrative division of Assam, comprising the Kamrup and Goalpara regions under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, who is stationed at Guwahati. The division covers the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra river occupying entire western Brahmaputra Valley.The term "Lower Assam" is often an misnomer in spite of popular usage to refer the region.