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Gandak
a river in Nepal and India, left tributary of the Ganges. Length, 650 km. It rises in the Himalayas under the name Kali Gandaki, in the central part of the Greater Himalayas, near Sharba pass. Flowing in a deep valley, it crosses almost the entire mountain system. After emerging from the mountains, it flows along the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Water discharge is from 200-400 cu m per sec in the winter and early spring to 15,000 cu m per sec in the summer. Destructive floods are frequent. The Gandak has great irrigative value and is used for floating timber and local navigation. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Further on, the Annapurna trek will lead you to the deepest gorge in the world carved out by the Kali Gandaki River, a river older than the mountains it courses through. The political hegemony where Khasa King ruled all over the hilly regions was expanded up to the Gandaki river in the east and Kumaun region in the west. Kathmandu -- Our Royal Nepal Airlines helicopter swept low over the bright green rice fields of the Himalayan foothills and entered the Kali Gandaki River gorge -- the deepest in the world where it bisects the Annapurna and Dhauligiri mountain ranges -- before emerging above the arid heights of the Tibetan Plateau. |
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