Sharda River
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river in India and Nepal
Key facts
- Native name
- महाकाली नदी ( Nepali ) शारदा नदी ( Hindi )
- Countries
- India and Nepal
- Region
- Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in India; Sudurpashchim Province in Nepal
- Location
- Pithoragarh district , Uttarakhand
- Coordinates
- 30°14′32″N 81°01′19″E / 30.2421°N 81.0219°E / 30.2421; 81.0219
- Elevation
- 3,600 m (11,800 ft)
- Length
- 350 km (220 mi)
- Basin size
- 14,871 km (5,742 sq mi)
- Average
- 730 m /s (26,000 cu ft/s) March: 150 m /s (5,300 cu ft/s) July: 1,580 m /s (56,000 cu ft/s)
- River system
- Ganges
- Left
- Chameliya, Ramgun in Nepal
- Right
- Kuthi , Dhauli , Gori , Sarju , Ladhiya rivers in Uttarakhand
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sharda River is the downstream of Kāli River (or Mahakali River) that originates in the northern Uttarakhand state of India in the Great Himalayas on the eastern slopes of Nanda Devi massif, at an elevation of 3,600 m (11,800 ft) in the Pithoragarh district. It then flows on the Nepal and India border. Descending, it enters the Indo-Gangetic Plain at Brahmadev Mandi in Nepal, where it expands above the Sharda Barrage. From that point onward, it is known as the Sharda River. The river proceeds southeastward into India through northern Uttar Pradesh before merging with the Ghaghara River southwest of Bahraich, covering a distance of approximately 300 miles (480 km).
It offers potential for hydroelectric power generation. The river is also proposed as source for one of the many projects in the Himalayan component of the Indian Rivers Inter-link project.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sharda River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
25 mapped locations