Gandaki River

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river trans-Himalayan river

The Gandaki River is a major trans-Himalayan river of Nepal, renowned for carving the world’s deepest gorge and for its religious and ecological significance.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Gandak 1
Kali Gandaki 1
Kali Gandaki River 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
trans-Himalayan river ⓘ
associatedWith Shiva lingam ⓘ
surface form: Shaligram stones

Vishnu ⓘ
contains Shaligram fossils ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
countrySubdivision Gandaki Province ⓘ
crosses Greater Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Main Himalayan Range
culturalSignificance pilgrimage route ⓘ
sacred river in Nepal ⓘ
drainageBasin Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges Basin
ecologicalSignificance biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
flowsDirection north-to-south across the Himalayas ⓘ
flowsThrough Baglung District ⓘ
Chitwan District ⓘ
Gorkha District ⓘ
India ⓘ
Mustang District ⓘ
Myagdi District ⓘ
Nawalpur District ⓘ
Parbat District ⓘ
Syangja District ⓘ
Tanahun District ⓘ
forms Kali Gandaki Gorge ⓘ
hasFeature high sediment load ⓘ
steep gradient ⓘ
influences local climate patterns ⓘ
knownAs Gandaki River ⓘ
surface form: Kali Gandaki

Gandaki River ⓘ
surface form: Kali Gandaki River

Narayani River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shaligrami River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayas ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
mouth Ganges ⓘ
near Annapurna ⓘ
surface form: Annapurna massif

Dhaulagiri ⓘ
surface form: Dhaulagiri massif
notableFor world’s deepest river gorge ⓘ
partOf Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River system
religiousSignificance Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
sourceRegion Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Nepal Himalaya
tributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
valleyName Kali Gandaki Gorge ⓘ
surface form: Kali Gandaki Valley

Referenced by (6)

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

Nepal → hasMajorRiver → Gandaki River ⓘ
Province 5 → hasMajorRiver → Gandaki River ⓘ
Bihar → hasRiver → Gandaki River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandak
Gandaki River → knownAs → Gandaki River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kali Gandaki
Gandaki River → knownAs → Gandaki River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kali Gandaki River
Dhaulagiri → valley → Gandaki River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kali Gandaki Valley