The Tamur River is a major river in eastern
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 ...
, which begins around
Kanchenjunga
Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and ...
. The Tamor and the
Arun join the
Sun Koshi
The Sunkoshi, also spelled Sunkosi, is a river that is part of the Koshi River, Koshi or Saptkoshi River system in Nepal. Sunkoshi has two river source, source streams, one that arises within Nepal in Choukati, and the other more significant stre ...
at
Tribenighat to form the giant
Saptakoshi Saptakoshi may refer to:
* Koshi River
The Kosi or Koshi is a transboundary river which flows through China, Nepal and India. It drains the northern slopes of the Himalayas in Tibet and the southern slopes in Nepal. From a major confluence of tr ...
which flows through
Mahabharat Range
The Lower Himalayan Range, also called the Lesser Himalayas and Mahabharat Lekh or Himachal, is one of the four parallel sub-ranges of the Himalayas. It has the Great Himalayas to the north and the Sivalik Hills to the south. It extends from th ...
on to the Gangetic plain.
Koshi river system
The Koshi or Sapta Koshi drains eastern Nepal. It has been known as Sapta Koshi because of the seven rivers which join in east-central Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Koshi system are – the
Sun Koshi
The Sunkoshi, also spelled Sunkosi, is a river that is part of the Koshi River, Koshi or Saptkoshi River system in Nepal. Sunkoshi has two river source, source streams, one that arises within Nepal in Choukati, and the other more significant stre ...
, the
Indravati River
Indravati River is a tributary of the Godavari River, in central India.
The Indravati River's starting point, found to be the Ghats of Dandakaranya, ranges from a hilltop village Mardiguda of Thuamula Rampur Block in the Kalahandi distric ...
, the
Bhote Koshi
Bhote Koshi in Nepal and Poiqu in Tibet (both names roughly mean "Tibetan river") is the name given to the upper course (main tributary) of the Sun Kosi river. It is part of the Koshi River system in Nepal.Shrestha, A. B., Eriksson, M., Mool, ...
, the
Dudh Koshi
Dudh Koshi (दुधकोशी नदी, ''Milk-Koshi River'') is a river in eastern Nepal. It is the highest river in terms of elevation. Dudh Koshi originates from the glacier lakes at the height of 5,100 meters above sea level and meets Sapt ...
,
Arun River,
Barun River
The Barun River () is a tributary of the Arun River and is part of the Kosi river system in Nepal.
Koshi River System
The Koshi or Sapta Koshi drains eastern Nepal. It is known as Sapta Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in eas ...
, and Tamur River. The combined river flows through the
Chatra Gorge
The Chatra Gorge is a canyon cut by the Kosi River across the Mahabharat Range in Nepal.
Kosi river system
The Kosi, or Sapt Kosi, drains eastern Nepal. It is known as Sapt Koshi because of the seven rivers which join together in east-central N ...
in a southerly direction to emerge from the hills.
The Sun Koshi contributes 44 percent of the total water in the Sapta Koshi, the Arun 37 per cent and the Tamur 19 percent.
References
Rivers of Koshi Province
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