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Indus River. The Indus Gorge is formed as the Indus River bends around the Nanga Parbat massif, shown towering behind, defining the western anchor of the Himalayan mountain range. The Indus (/ ˈɪndəs / IN-dəs) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans- Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. [6]
The Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi is the gorge of the Kali Gandaki (or Gandaki River) in the Himalayas in Nepal. By some sources, it may be one of the deepest gorges in the world. [1] [2] The upper part of the gorge is also called Thak Khola after the local Thakali people who became prosperous from trans-Himalayan trade.
The Indus Gorge with Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest mountain, rising to the south. The Indus Gorge is formed by the Indus River as it skirts the Nanga Parbat massif, the western anchor of the Greater Himalayas, and before it debouches into the plains of Punjab in Pakistan. The gorge is 4,500–5,200 m (14,800–17,100 ft) deep near the ...
If one measures the depth of a canyon by the difference between the river height and the heights of the highest peaks on either side, this gorge is the world's deepest. The portion of the river directly between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I, 7 kilometres (4 mi) downstream from Tukuche), is at an elevation of 2,520 metres (8,270 ft), [3] which is ...
2,500 m 3 /s (88,000 cu ft/s) The Kosi or Koshi is a transboundary river which flows through China, Nepal and India. It drains the northern slopes of the Himalayas in Tibet and the southern slopes in Nepal. From a major confluence of tributaries north of the Chatra Gorge onwards, the Kosi River is also known as the Saptakoshi (Nepali ...
The Mississippi River has the world's fourth-largest drainage basin ("watershed" or "catchment"). The basin covers more than 1,245,000 square miles (3,220,000 km 2), including all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The drainage basin empties into the Gulf of Mexico, part of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is one of the deepest canyons on land and longer than the Grand Canyon. Yarlung Tsangpo River near Namcha Barwa. Yarlung Tsangpo River as it courses through Tibet, with peaks Namche Barwa and Gyala Peri. The picture is centered on 29.156°N 93.983°E. The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung ...
The Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin extends from the north-eastern part of the Himalayas till its eastern edge. The system has an average discharge of 30,770 m 2 (331,200 sq ft), which is the third greatest of the world’s river systems and forms the largest alluvial deposits in the world with nearly 1.84 billion tonnes of silt deposited every year.