Question

Where do the Ghaghara, the Gandak and the Kosi rise?

• A. Punjab Himalaya
• B. Nepal Himalaya
• C. Himachal Himalaya
• D. Kumaon Himalaya

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

• Karnali, also called Ghaghara is a perennial trans-boundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake Mansarovar.
  
• It cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sharda River at Brahmaghat in India,
  
• The Chhoti Gandak River Basin is located between 26°00' to 27°20' N latitude and 83°30' to 84°15' E longitude.
  
• The Gandaki River is one of the major rivers of Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India.
  
• It lies between the similar Kosi system to the east and the Karnali (Ghaghara) system to the west.
  
• Triveni Temple is located across the Gandak Barrage in Nepal, about 3 km from the Gandak Barrage.
  
• The Koshi or Kosi River drains the northern slopes of the Himalayas in the Tibet Autonomous region.
  
• Kamalā, Bāgmati (Kareh) and Budhi Gandak are major tributaries of Koshi in India .
  
• The Dudh Kosi joins the Sun Kosi near the Nepalese village of Harkapur.
  
• The major rivers of Nepal—the Kosi, Nārāyani (Gandak), and Karnāli, running southward .