River in nepal

Nepal is landlocked country of Himalayas. But it is very rich in natural beauties i.e. forest, mountain, river etc. river is the main beauty of Nepal. Nepal is known as the second largest country after Brazil for water resources potential. There are thousand of rivers in the country. Most of these rivers originate in the mountain, middle hill (Mahabharat lekh) and in the churia hill. The rivers originating from the mountains are snow fed rivers. The flow of water in the river originating from the middle hills decreases during the winter. The rivers originating from the churia are non-perennial. Most of these rivers dry up in winter season. There are three most important river systems in Nepal. Koshi, Gandaki and karnali. Koshi is the longest river in Nepal. It has seven tributaries namely arun, sun Koshi, tamakoshi, dudhkoshi, indrawati, likhu and tamor. Gandaki that folws in the central part also has seven main tributaries namely kaligandaki, budhigandaki, marsyangdi, trishuli, madi and daraudi. Similarly, karnali flows in the western part of the country, it’s main tributaries include Humla karnali, mugu Karnali, Bheri, tila and seti.

Beside these main rivers, there are many other important river of second and third order. Some of these are Mechi, Kankai, Kamala, Baghmati, tinau, rapti, babai, Mahakali, ratu, lal Bbakaiya, mohana, Naryani etc.