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Bihar is India's most flood-prone state, with 76% of the population in the north Bihar living under the recurring threat of flood devastation. [24] According to some historical data, 16.5% of the total flood affected area in India is located in Bihar while 22.1% of the flood affected population in India lives in Bihar. [25]
Bihar is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. [4] On 15 November 2000, southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand . [ 14 ] Only 11.27% of the population of Bihar lives in urban areas as per a 2020 report. [ 15 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Rivers of Bihar state — located in Eastern India ... Kamala River; Kankai River; Kari Kosi; Karmanasa River;
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 ...
Flooded north Bihar, India. The Kosi River is known as the "Sorrow of Bihar" as the annual floods affect about 21,000 km 2 (8,100 sq mi) of fertile agricultural lands thereby disturbing the rural economy. [1] It has an average water flow of 2,166 cubic metres per second (76,500 cu ft/s). [18]
The Kosi River is known as the "Sorrow of Bihar" as the annual floods affect about 21,000 km 2 (8,100 sq mi) of fertile agricultural lands thereby disturbing the rural economy. The Koshi has an average water flow (discharge) of 2,166 m 3 /s (76,500 cu ft/s).
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Mechi River near West Bengal–Bihar border Mechi River (India) ... The Mahananda river system of which Mechi is a part has a ...
There is reference to the city of Gaya and the Phalgu in the Ramayana in which it says that Sita had cursed the Phalgu River. There is an interesting story and the purana states that on account of this curse, the Phalgu lost its water, and the river is simply a vast stretch of sand dunes.