Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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 ...
The Koshi river swelled to dangerous levels, threatening the community of Chilaiya. [12] During the overnight of 13–14 July, all 56 gates along the Koshi Barrage were opened, releasing water at 10,505 m 3 (371,000 ft 3) per second. [4] Numerous landslides blocked roads, leaving communities cut off and vehicles stranded. [12]
The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is a protected area in the Terai of eastern Nepal covering 176 km 2 (68 sq mi) of wetlands in the Sunsari, Saptari and Udayapur Districts. It comprises extensive reed beds and freshwater marshes in the floodplain of the Kosi River , and ranges in elevation from 75 to 81 m (246 to 266 ft).
2 Koshi river basin. 3 Bagmati river basin. 4 Gandaki river basin. ... Sunkoshi river near Nepal-China border Saptakoshi river at Sunsari District of Nepal. Koshi River.
The Sunkoshi, also spelt Sunkosi, is a river that is part of the Koshi or Saptkoshi River system in Nepal. Sunkoshi has two source streams, one that arises within Nepal in Choukati, and the other more significant stream that flows in from Nyalam County in the Tibet region of China. [1] The latter is called Bhote Koshi in Nepal and Matsang ...
The Kosi, or Sapt Kosi, drains eastern Nepal. It is known as Sapt Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in east-central Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Kosi system are – the Sun Kosi, the Indravati River, the Bhote Koshi, the Dudh Kosi, the Arun River, Barun River, and Tamur River. The combined river ...
The Likhu Khola is a left tributary of the Sun Koshi in the Himalayas in eastern Nepal. Named by the Kirat kingdom, Likhu or Liku in the Sunuwar language (Li- top, Hill, Ku-water) means Top (Hill) Water. The river's headwater is in Zurmoche Glacier on the southern slope of Likhu Chuli. It flows in a south-southwest direction, mainly through the ...