Koshi River

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Himalayan river river transboundary river

The Koshi River is one of the largest and most powerful rivers in the Himalayan region, flowing from Tibet through Nepal into India and known for its massive drainage basin and frequent, destructive flooding.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Dudh Koshi River 1
Koshi 1
Kuri Chhu 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan river ⓘ
river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
2008FloodImpact displacement of over a million people in Bihar ⓘ
barrageLocation near Bhimnagar ⓘ
barragePurpose flood control ⓘ
hydropower potential utilization ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
basinLocation southern slopes of the central Himalayas ⓘ
country China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
crossesMountainRange Himalayas ⓘ
deltaicFeature alluvial fan in north Bihar ⓘ
drainageArea approximately 74000 square kilometres ⓘ
drainageAreaInNepal approximately 29000 square kilometres ⓘ
drainageBasin Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges Basin
ecologicalImportance habitat for aquatic biodiversity ⓘ
economicUse fisheries ⓘ
hydropower potential ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
ecoregion Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests ⓘ
entersIndiaNear Hanuman Nagar ⓘ
floodCharacteristic breaching of embankments ⓘ
frequent course changes ⓘ
flowsThrough Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Arun River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sun Koshi ⓘ
Tamur River ⓘ
hazardType riverine flooding ⓘ
infrastructure Kosi Barrage ⓘ
surface form: Koshi Barrage
knownFor destructive floods in Bihar ⓘ
frequent flooding ⓘ
large drainage basin ⓘ
length approximately 720 kilometres ⓘ
majorTributary Arun River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dudh Koshi ⓘ
Indravati River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Likhu Khola ⓘ
Sun Koshi ⓘ
Sun Koshi ⓘ
surface form: Tama Koshi

Tamakoshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouth Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River
nickname Sorrow of Bihar ⓘ
notableFloodEvent 2008 Kosi flood ⓘ
partOf Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges river system
passesNear Chatra ⓘ
region eastern Terai of Nepal ⓘ
sourceRegion Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
stateInIndia Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
tributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River

Referenced by (5)

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

Kosi → alsoKnownAs → Koshi River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koshi
Kosi → alsoKnownAs → Koshi River ⓘ
Sagarmatha National Park → contains → Koshi River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dudh Koshi River
Nepal → hasMajorRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
Drangme Chhu → hasTributary → Koshi River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kuri Chhu