Bagmati River

About Bagmati River:

• It is a transboundary river between Nepal and India.
• Origin: It rises in the Shivapuri Hills to the north of Kathmandu and flows southward through the city.
• It passes across the Kathmandu Valley, which is situated in Nepal.
• It gets divided from Kathmandu through Patan, passing via Province No. 2 of the Southern region of Nepal that eventually seeps into the Bihar state of India.
• This river is assumed to be sacred by a pair of religions, Hindus as well as Buddhists. 
• Major tributaries – Bishnumati, Hanumante, Dhobikhola and Tukucha, Origin
• The River ultimately joins the Narayani River, located in southern Nepal.
• The merged waters of the Bagmati and Narayani eventually make their way southward and into the Ganges.