Ghaghara

Karnali
Karnali
Sarayu
Mapcha Tsangpo
Karnali; Karnali; Sarayu; Mapcha Tsangpo
	Karnali river in Nepal
	Map showing the Karnali, Ghaghara and Gandaki tributaries of the Ganges
Location
Country	China (Tibet Autonomous Region), Nepal, India
Physical characteristics
Source	Mapchachungo Glacier
• location	Tibet , China
• elevation	3,962 m (12,999 ft)
Mouth	Ganges
• location	Revelganj, Bihar, India
• coordinates	25°45′11″N 84°39′59″E / 25.75306°N 84.66639°E
Length	1,080 km (670 mi)
Basin size	127,950 km2 (49,400 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	2,990 m3/s (106,000 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Nepal
• average	1,369 m3/s (48,300 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Bheri, Kuwana, Rapti, Chhoti Gandak
• right	Seti, Dahawar, Sarda, Budhi Ganga

The Karnali River, called Ghaghara River in India, Mapcha Tsangpo in Tibet, and the lower Ghaghara in Awadh called Sarayu River,^[1] is a perennial trans-boundary river that originates in the northern slopes of the Himalayas in the Tibetan Plateau, cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sharda River at Brahmaghat in India. Together they form the Ghaghara River, a major left-bank tributary of the Ganges. With a length of 507 km (315 mi), it is the longest river in Nepal. The total length of the Ghaghara up to its confluence with the Ganges at Revelganj in Bihar is 1,080 km (670 mi).^[2] It is the largest tributary of the Ganges by volume and the second largest by length after Yamuna.

^ Pathak, S. (2016). "Himalaya: Highest, Holy and Hijacked". In Raghubir Chand; Walter Leimgruber (eds.). Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions. Perspectives on Geographical Marginality. Vol. 1. pp. 89–110. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32649-8_7. ISBN 978-3-319-32648-1.
^ Jain, S.K.; Agarwal, P.K.; Singh, V.P. (2007). Hydrology and Water Resources of India. The Netherlands: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-5179-1.

[Shekhar_Pathak_2016_92-1] Pathak, S. (2016). "Himalaya: Highest, Holy and Hijacked". In Raghubir Chand; Walter Leimgruber (eds.). Globalization and Marginalization in Mountain Regions. Perspectives on Geographical Marginality. Vol. 1. pp. 89–110. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32649-8_7. ISBN 978-3-319-32648-1.

[jain+al2007-2] Jain, S.K.; Agarwal, P.K.; Singh, V.P. (2007). Hydrology and Water Resources of India. The Netherlands: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-5179-1.

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