Gandak River

E352930
river transboundary river tributary of the Ganges

The Gandak River is a major Himalayan river that flows through Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh before joining the Ganges, supporting extensive agriculture and ecosystems along its course.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Gandak River canonical 13
Gandak 2
Chhoti Gandak 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
tributary of the Ganges ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gandak River ⓘ
surface form: Gandak

Gandak River ⓘ
surface form: Gandakī

Narayani River ⓘ
associatedWith Gandak Barrage ⓘ
irrigation canals in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
basinCountry India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Patna ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween Nepal and India ⓘ
drainageBasin Ganges Basin ⓘ
ecoregion Gangetic riverine ecosystem ⓘ
flowsThrough Bihar ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
surface form: Gangetic Plain

Nepal ⓘ
Terai ⓘ
surface form: Terai region of Nepal

Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
hasTributary Budhi Gandaki River ⓘ
Gandaki River ⓘ
surface form: Kali Gandaki River

Marsyangdi River ⓘ
Trishuli River ⓘ
hasUse cultural and religious activities along its banks ⓘ
domestic water supply for riverside settlements ⓘ
importantFor floodplain agriculture in Bihar ⓘ
groundwater recharge in its basin ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
mouth Ganges ⓘ
partOf Indo-Gangetic river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River system
sourceRegion Himalayas ⓘ
Nepalese Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Nepal Himalayas
subjectTo monsoon flow variation ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
supports agriculture ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
riverine ecosystems ⓘ
tributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
usedFor hydropower generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation in some stretches ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Champaran → river → Gandak River ⓘ
Patna → riverConfluenceNearby → Gandak River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandak
Little Gandak → alsoKnownAs → Gandak River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chhoti Gandak
north Bihar → drainedBy → Gandak River ⓘ
subject surface form: North Bihar
Terai → drainedBy → Gandak River ⓘ
Ganges basin (south side) → hasMajorTributary → Gandak River ⓘ
Indo-Nepal border → hasBorderRiver → Gandak River ⓘ
Tirhut division → locatedOnRiverBasin → Gandak River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandak basin
East Champaran district → locatedOnRiver → Gandak River ⓘ
Mughal Subah of Bihar → traversedBy → Gandak River ⓘ
Siwan → riverNearby → Gandak River ⓘ
Bettiah → locatedNearRiver → Gandak River ⓘ
Hajipur → locatedOn → Gandak River ⓘ
Vaishali district → river → Gandak River ⓘ
West Champaran district → hasRiver → Gandak River ⓘ
Gandak River → alsoKnownAs → Gandak River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandak
Gandak River → alsoKnownAs → Gandak River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandakī
Valmiki Tiger Reserve → mainRiver → Gandak River ⓘ