The Daraudi River (or Daraundi Khola) is a river in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. It is a left tributary of the

Marshyangdi river The Marshyangdi (or Marsyangdi) ( Nepali: , marśyāṅdī) is a mountain river in Nepal. Its length is about 150 kilometres. The Marshyangdi begins at the confluence of two mountain rivers, the Khangsar Khola and the Jharsang Khola, northwes ...

, which in turn joins the

Trishuli River The Trishuli River () is one of the major tributaries of the Narayani River basin in central Nepal. The river is formed by the merger of the Kyirong Tsangpo and the Lende Khola originating in Gyirong County of Tibet, which join together near the ...

Hydroelectricity

The flow from the Daraudi River is used to generate 6 MW electricity at the Daraudi A Hydropower Plant located in the former Muchok, Takumajh Lakuribot and Saurpani VDCs of

Gorkha District Gorkha District (), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and the fourth largest district of the country in terms of area. It is historically linked with the creation of modern Nepal and the name of the legenda ...

. The plant has a catchment area upstream from the intake of , and long-term annual average flow at this point of . It was assumed that the Daraundu hydropower project and dam would obstruct migration of fish up the river and severely reduce their population.

Lower section

Rainfall station No. 441 is at Naya Sanghu in the Daraundi basin, with a catchment area of . The runoff-rainfall ratio is 1.03. The Daraundi Khola joins the

at Abun Khaireni about upstream from the tailrace of the Marshyangdi dam.

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