Karnali River

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river trans-Himalayan river

The Karnali River is a major trans-Himalayan river system in western Nepal, known for its deep gorges, rich biodiversity, and significance for rafting, hydropower, and local livelihoods.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Karnali 2
Bheri River 1
Karnali Nadi 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
trans-Himalayan river ⓘ
adjacentTo Bardiya National Park ⓘ
Shey Phoksundo National Park ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ghaghara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karnali River ⓘ
surface form: Karnali

Karnali River ⓘ
surface form: Karnali Nadi
basinCountry India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
climateZone monsoon-influenced region ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
drainageBasin Karnali River basin ⓘ
ecosystemType freshwater ecosystem ⓘ
flowsInto Ghaghara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough Karnali Province ⓘ
Sudurpashchim Province ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Karnali Province and Sudurpashchim Province ⓘ
hasBiodiversity endangered freshwater dolphins ⓘ
mahseer fish ⓘ
mugger crocodile ⓘ
hasTributary Bheri River ⓘ
Karnali Province ⓘ
surface form: Humla Karnali

Karnali River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mugu Karnali

Seti River (Karnali) ⓘ
Rapti River ⓘ
surface form: West Rapti River
hydropowerProject Upper Karnali Hydropower Project ⓘ
knownFor deep gorges ⓘ
hydropower potential ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
white-water rafting ⓘ
length approximately 1080 km ⓘ
lengthInNepal approximately 507 km ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayas ⓘ
western Nepal ⓘ
mouthLocation Ghaghara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
India ⓘ
partOf Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River basin
passesThrough Karnali River gorge ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
sourceLocation China ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
supports local livelihoods ⓘ
tributaryOf Ganges ⓘ
usedFor fisheries ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
transportation (local) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Ghaghara → alsoKnownAs → Karnali River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnali
Ghaghara → alsoKnownAs → Karnali River ⓘ
Karnali River → alsoKnownAs → Karnali River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnali Nadi
Karnali River → alsoKnownAs → Karnali River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnali
Nepal → hasMajorRiver → Karnali River ⓘ
Province 5 → hasMajorRiver → Karnali River ⓘ
Ghaghara → hasTributary → Karnali River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bheri River
Karnali River → hasTributary → Karnali River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mugu Karnali
Ghaghara → riverSystem → Karnali River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnali-Ghaghara system