Kosi

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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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kosi River 3
Kosi River basin 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 (6)

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

Kumaon → containsRiver → Kosi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kosi River
this entity surface form: Kosi River
Bihar → hasRiver → Kosi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kosi River basin
this entity surface form: Kosi River
Ganges → tributary → Kosi ⓘ