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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 ...
English: This river originates on the slopes of the Mount Everest massif, the highest peak in the world. Dudh Koshi River. Dudh Koshi River. Dudh Koshi Valley, Chaurikharka, Nepal.
The Koshi or Sapta Koshi drains eastern Nepal. It has been known as Sapta Koshi because of the seven rivers which join in east-central Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Koshi system are – the Sun Koshi, the Indravati River, the Bhote Koshi, the Dudh Koshi, Arun River, Barun River, and Tamur River.
The Kosi River catchment covers six geological and climatic belts varying in altitude from above 8,000 m (26,000 ft) to 95 m (312 ft) comprising the Tibetan plateau, the Himalayas, the Himalayan mid-hill belt, the Mahabharat Range, the Siwalik Hills and the Terai. The Dudh-Koshi sub-basin alone consists of 36 glaciers and 296 glacier lakes. [13]
English: This river originates on the slopes of the Mount Everest massif, the highest peak in the world. Dudh Koshi River. Dudh Koshi River. Dudh Koshi Valley, Chaurikharka, Nepal.
The river rises in the lake Imja Tsho, which is mainly formed by the waters of the Imja Glacier, it flows in the direction southwest through the village of Dingboche, [1] then it merges with the river Lobuche, which flows south from the Khumbu Glacier. [1] then flows southward to its confluence with the Dudh Kosi near the village of Tengboche [2]
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Bhote koshi is the Nepalese name (Nepali: भोटे कोशी, romanized: Bhōṭē kōśī). In Nepali language, the word "bhoṭe" or "bhoṭiyā" means Tibetan; [4] and the word "kosi" means river. [5] As such, the name is not unique, the western tributary of the upper Dudh Koshi is also called Bhote Koshi. [6]