Gandak River

About Gandak River:

• It is one of the major rivers in Nepal and India.
• It is also known as the Kali Gandaki and Narayani after the confluence with Trisuli river in Nepal.
• It is a north bank tributary of the Ganga in India.
• Origin: It rises at 7620 m in Tibet near the Nepal border.
• It flows southwest into India and then turns southeast along the Uttar Pradesh–Bihar state border and across the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
• It enters the Ganga River opposite Patna.
• The largest hydroelectricity project in Nepal is located along this stretch of the river.