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The Kosi River basin borders the Tsangpo River basin in the north, the Mahananda River basin in the east, the Ganges Basin in the south and the Gandaki River basin in the west. [14] The eight tributaries of the basin upstream the Chatra Gorge include from east to west: [15] Tamur River with an area of 6,053 km 2 (2,337 sq mi) in eastern Nepal;
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 ...
Now flowing east, the river meets the 400 km (250 mi) long Tamsa River (also called Tons), which flows north from the Kaimur Range and contributes an average flow of about 187 m 3 /s (6,600 cu ft/s). After the Tamsa, the 625 km (388 mi) long Gomti River joins, flowing south from the Himalayas.
A proposal regarding the interlinking of rivers in India has a long history. During the British colonial rule, for example, the 19th century engineer Arthur Cotton proposed the plan to interlink major Indian rivers in order to hasten import and export of goods from its colony in indian_subcontinent,South Asia, as well as to address water shortages and droughts in southeastern India, now Andhra ...
The Kosi river is significantly and culturally an important river of Nepal. The Koshi river is called Kausika in the Rigveda and Kausiki in the Mahabharata. The Kosi is associated with many ancient spiritual stories. It is mentioned in the Bal Kand section of Valmiki's Ramayana as the Kausiki who is the form assumed by Satyavati after her death.