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Bihar is mainly a vast stretch of very fertile flat land. It is drained by the Ganges River, including northern tributaries of other river. The Bihar plain is divided into two unequal halves by the river Ganges which flows through the middle from west to east. Other Ganges tributaries are the Son, Budhi Gandak, Chandan, Orhani and Phalgu.
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 Mahananda river system consists of two streams- one is locally known as Fulahar river and the other Mahananda. [1] The Fulahar originates in the Himalayas in Nepal and traverses through the Indian state of Bihar and merges with the Ganges in left opposite to Rajmahal. [2]
The National Waterway 1 (NW-1) or Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system is located in India and runs from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal via Patna and Bhagalpur in Bihar across the Ganges river. [1] It is 1,620 km (1,010 mi) long, [2] making it the longest waterway in India. [3]
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 ]
It forms the western boundary of the Khagaria town and a protection embankment built along the eastern side of this river, protects Khagaria town from the floods of Burhi Gandak. [5] [6] [7] The total length of the river is 320 kilometres (200 mi). The drainage area of the river is 10,150 square kilometres (3,920 sq mi). [3]
Gangi is a perennial river and a tributary of the Ganga which mainly flows near the town of Arrah in Bihar in India. It originates from Keshavpur, which is 10 km (6.2 mi) from Arrah and again meets the Ganga in the Buxar district. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rivers of Bihar state — located in Eastern India ... Pages in category "Rivers of Bihar" ... Gandaki River; Ganges; Gangi River; K. Kamala River; Kankai River;