{"id":131239,"date":"2026-10-30T14:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131239"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:40:01","slug":"sankosh-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sankosh-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Sankosh River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sankosh River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 10,000 people have been recently moved to shelters in West Bengal\u2019s Alipurduar district following a glacial lake outburst in neighbouring Bhutan, as authorities placed the Sankosh river system on red alert over fears of a sudden flood surge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sankosh River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a major <\/span><b>transboundary river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flowing through <\/span><b>Bhutan and India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the major north bank <\/span><b>tributaries of the <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brahmaputra <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">River<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In Bhutan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the river is<\/span><b> called \u201cPuna Tsang Chu.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>northern Bhutan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it is <\/span><b>fed by glacial melt and snow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Himalayas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is formed by the <\/span><b>confluence of the Phochu and Mochu rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows southward <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through Bhutan before<\/span><b> crossing into India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it flows through the <\/span><b>Dhubri district of Assam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>empties into the Brahmaputra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River at Gauripur.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In its lower course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it forms part of the <\/span><b>boundary between<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the states of<\/span><b> Assam and West Bengal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It generally flows in <\/span><b>narrow gorges and steep gradients up to the Indo-Bhutan border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and then flows with a flatter slope.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river traverses a length of <\/span><b>321 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from source to outfall. It crosses a distance of <\/span><b>214 km in Bhutan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 107 km in India. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/bengal\/bhutan-glacial-lake-outburst-over-10000-moved-to-safety-in-bengal-sankosh-on-red-alert-1503656873.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>SM<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sankosh River is a major transboundary river flowing through Bhutan and India. 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