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Commercial river rafting, also known as whitewater rafting, and canyoning is available on the Sun Koshi river and tributaries. Sun Koshi has challenging rapid grades of class 4–5. [32] Mahseer is widely distributed in Himalayan rivers up to 1,650 m (5,410 ft) altitude and also inhabits the Kosi River and its tributaries. [33]
Kosi River, also known as Koshi or Kaushiki, is a tributary of the Ramganga River. It is an important river in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. [1] Kair and Shisham forests are found on the banks of the river. [2] The length of the Kosi river is 168 km (104 mi) and its basin is spread over an area of about 346 km 2 (134 sq mi). [3]
Koshi High Dam is a project that was studied, surveyed and revised by various authorities from centuries. In the history there were many notable heavy floods on Koshi river killing thousands and displacing millions people. To prevent losses first survey was conducted by British India Major J Renal in around 1779. Subsequently James Fargusan ...
Kursela is a city situated in the bank of Trimohini Sangam, which is the confluence of the river Ganga and Kosi. It is the de facto financial centre of Katihar district. As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Kursela was reported to have city proper population of 63,928. Being a major wheat and maize producing village, around ...
The Kosi River, or Sapt Koshi, drains eastern Nepal.It is known as Sapta Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in east-central Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Sapta Koshi River system are – the Sun Koshi (सुन कोशी)], the Indravati River (इन्द्रावती), the tama Koshi (तामा कोशी), the Dudh Koshi (दुध ...
Saharsa and its surrounding areas occupy a flat alluvial plain forming part of the Kosi river basin. The city lies in the Kosi alluvial megafan , one of the largest alluvial fans in the world. The land is very fertile but frequent changes in the course of the Kosi, one of the largest tributaries of the Ganges , [ 11 ] [ 12 ] have led to the ...
2 Koshi river basin. 3 Bagmati river basin. 4 Gandaki river basin. ... Budhi Ganga River; Sinja River; Mugu Karnali. Langu River. Panjang River; Humla Karnali. Tanke ...
The entire track lies on the northern side of the Ganges and traverses the Kosi basin. In Bihar, the Kosi is widely referred to as the "Sorrow of Bihar" as it has caused widespread human suffering over the centuries through flooding and frequent changes in course. Over the last 250 years, the Kosi has shifted its course over 120 kilometres (75 ...