Kosi

E28900

Himalayan river river transboundary river

Kosi is a major Himalayan river in northern India and Nepal, often called the "Sorrow of Bihar" for its frequent and devastating floods before joining the Ganges.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Kosi River	21
Kosi River system	3
Kosi canonical	2
Kosi River basin	1
Kosi basin	1
Sun Kosi River	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Himalayan river ⓘ river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Koshi River ⓘ surface form: Koshi Koshi River ⓘ
barrageCountry	Nepal ⓘ
barrageLocation	Bhimnagar ⓘ
basinCountry	China ⓘ India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
country	India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween	India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ
drainageBasin	Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ surface form: Ganges Basin
erosionCharacteristic	bank erosion ⓘ high sediment load ⓘ
flowsThrough	Bihar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ northern India ⓘ
formsConfluenceOf	Arun River ⓘ Sun Kosi ⓘ Tamur River ⓘ
geomorphologicalFeature	alluvial fan in north Bihar ⓘ
hasBarrage	Kosi Barrage ⓘ
hasDam	Kosi Barrage ⓘ
hasMajorFloodEvent	2008 Kosi flood ⓘ
hasTributary	Arun River ⓘ Sun Kosi ⓘ Tamur River ⓘ
knownFor	course changes ⓘ devastating floods ⓘ frequent floods ⓘ
locatedIn	South Asia ⓘ eastern Nepal ⓘ northern India ⓘ
mouth	Ganges ⓘ
mouthLocation	Bihar ⓘ
nickname	Sorrow of Bihar ⓘ
partOf	Ganges ⓘ surface form: Ganges River system
regionAffectedByFloods	Bihar ⓘ north Bihar ⓘ
sourceRegion	Himalayas ⓘ Nepal ⓘ surface form: Tibet Eastern Himalayas ⓘ surface form: eastern Himalayas
tributaryOf	Ganges ⓘ
usedFor	flood control ⓘ hydropower potential ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ganges → tributary → Kosi ⓘ

Saharsa district → riverBasin → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Saharsa district → locatedInRiverBasin → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River basin

Saharsa district → floodedBy → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Bihar → hasRiver → Kosi ⓘ

Kumaon → containsRiver → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

north Bihar → drainedBy → Kosi ⓘ

subject surface form: North Bihar

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Sun Kosi → tributaryOf → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Bhimnagar → locatedNear → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Kosi Barrage → locatedOnRiver → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Kosi Barrage → crosses → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

present-day Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) → locatedNear → Kosi ⓘ

subject surface form: Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Ganges basin (south side) → hasMajorTributary → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Bagmati River → mouth → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River system

Rampur district → river → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Arun River → partOf → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River system

Arun River → tributaryOf → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Arun River → confluenceWith → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sun Kosi River

Kosi division → namedAfter → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Kosi division → river → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Kosi division → hasRiverSystem → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River system

Madhepura district → river → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Supaul → locatedNearRiver → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Khagaria district → locatedNearRiver → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Purnia district → riverBasin → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi basin

Saharsa → locatedOnRiverBasin → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Saharsa → hasNearbyRiver → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

Saharsa → locatedInFloodplainsOf → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River

2008 Kosi flood → mainRiver → Kosi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kosi River