{"id":4657,"date":"2026-07-16T11:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:47:54","slug":"gandak-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gandak-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandak River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gandak River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to heavy rainfall in Nepal\u2019s catchment area, the water levels of the Gandak River in Bihar have been rising continuously. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gandak River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the major rivers of North India and a significant <\/span><b>left-bank tributary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Ganga River.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit epic <\/span><b>Mahabharata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at an altitude of 7620 m above msl to the <\/span><b>north of Dhaulagiri Mountain in Tibet <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">near the <\/span><b>Nepal border.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is formed by the <\/span><b>union of the Kali and Trisuli River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, which rise in the Great Himalayas of Nepal.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From their meeting point till the Indian border, the river is known as the <\/span><b>\u2018Kali Gandaki\u2019 and \u2018Narayani\u2019 in Nepal.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It enters India near Valmikinagar in <\/span><b>Bihar <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>briefly touches Uttar Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, forming a small stretch of boundary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>entry poin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t of the river is at the<\/span><b> Indo\u2013Nepal border <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is known as <\/span><b>Triveni<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this, the river <\/span><b>flows mainly through Bihar, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covering districts like West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, and Saran.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gandak finally<\/span><b> joins the Ganga <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River <\/span><b>opposite Patna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, near Hajipur in Vaishali district, <\/span><b>Bihar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a total length of about <\/span><b>630 kilometers, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out of which <\/span><b>185 kilometers lie in Nepal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and around <\/span><b>445 kilometers in India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bounded by the Himalayas to the north and the <\/span><b>Ganga River to the south<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the sides, it lies between the Kosi basin in the east and the Karnali (Ghaghara) basin in the <\/span><b>west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. .<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are about <\/span><b>1,710 glaciers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and over <\/span><b>300 lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s in the <\/span><b>upper catchment of Gandak.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin includes <\/span><b>three peaks over 8,000 m: Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, and Annapurna Massif<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the steep slope and loose soil in the upper catchment, Gandak <\/span><b>carries a lot of silt and other deposits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the Indian side, resulting in a <\/span><b>continuous shifting course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the river.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While flowing through the <\/span><b>Nepal Himalayas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it forms the<\/span><b> Kali Gandaki Gorge,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of the deepest river gorges in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two important protected areas,<\/span><b> Chitwan National Park in Nepal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the adjacent <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/valmiki-tiger-reserve-vtr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valmiki Tiger reserve<\/a> in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, have been established in the basin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Daraudi, Seti, Madi, Marsyandi, and <\/span><b>Budhi Gandaki.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/gandak-river-crosses-danger-mark-in-bihar-amid-rising-water-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NOA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gandak River is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India. 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