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The Mahananda (/ m ə ˌ h ɑː ˈ n ʌ n d ə, ˌ m ɑː h ə-/ mə-HAH-NUN-də, MAH-hə-) is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal before crossing into Bangladesh. It is an important tributary of the Ganges.
The river drains a total catchment area of 7,232 square kilometres (2,792 sq mi) out of which 4,488 square kilometres (1,733 sq mi) lies in Bihar in India and the rest 2,744 square kilometres (1,059 sq mi) in Nepal. Average annual rainfall is 1,018 millimetres (40.1 in). Cropped area in Bihar is 2,744 square kilometres (1,059 sq mi).
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Terrain: Large central Bihar Plain - divided by the Ganges into two unequal part. Highlands and mountains of Shivalik Range in north-west with forest, low mountains and valleys in the mid-south, subtropical tropical laurel jungle in South-West Kaimur Range of Southern Plateau Region, intermittent hilly and mountainous regions in central South with few valleys.
Chhoti Gandak is a groundwater-fed meandering river originating near Dhesopool, Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. It travels a distance of about 250 kilometres (160 mi) and joins Ghaghara near Guthani, Siwan district of Bihar. The Chhoti Gandak River Basin is located between 26°00' to 27°20' N latitude and 83°30' to 84°15' E longitude.
The Ganga is the most dominant river of Bihar state and is joined by the rivers: Ghaghra, Gandak, Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla-Balan, Kosi and Mahananda flowing southward from Himalayas in northern part of the Gangetic Plain. The vast stretch of fertile Bihar Plain is divided by the Ganges River into two unequal part - the North Bihar and the ...
The Dudh-Koshi sub-basin alone consists of 36 glaciers and 296 glacier lakes. [13] 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 ...
The Karmanasa originates at a height of 350 metres (1,150 ft) on the northern face of Kaimur Range near Sarodag in Kaimur district of Bihar. [1] [8] It flows in a north-westerly direction through the plains of Mirzapur, then forms the boundary between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and finally joins the Ganges near Village Bara (East Side) Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh and Chausa (Bihar).