Sun Koshi River

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The Sun Koshi River is a major Himalayan river in Nepal, renowned for its long, challenging white-water rafting routes and its role as a key tributary of the Koshi river system.

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Label Occurrences
Sun Koshi River canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan river ⓘ
river ⓘ
approximateLength 270 km ⓘ
basinCountry China ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
confluenceWith Bhote Koshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indravati River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tama Koshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
etymology Name means ‘River of Gold’ in Nepali ⓘ
flowsDirection generally west to east ⓘ
flowsThrough Dolakha District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramechhap District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sindhuli District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sindhupalchok District NERFINISHED ⓘ
forms Saptakoshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWhitewaterGrade Class III ⓘ
Class IV ⓘ
Class V sections ⓘ
knownFor kayaking ⓘ
multi-day rafting expeditions ⓘ
white-water rafting ⓘ
languageNameIn सुनकोशी नदी (Nepali) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayas ⓘ
majorSettlementOn Barhabise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dolalghat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khurkot NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocation Koshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature long continuous rafting sections ⓘ
remote river gorges ⓘ
partOf Ganges River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Koshi river system NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Eastern Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
risk flooding ⓘ
landslides in monsoon season ⓘ
sourceLocation Tibet–Nepal border region NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismActivity adventure tourism ⓘ
river camping ⓘ
tributaryOf Koshi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
tributaryType left-bank tributary of Koshi ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydropower potential ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Bhote Koshi River → mouth → Sun Koshi River ⓘ
Bhote Koshi River → tributaryOf → Sun Koshi River ⓘ