DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
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Narmada
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Godavari
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Kosi
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Damodar
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Detailed explanation-1: -The river Kosi also called as Koshi is called sorrow of Bihar. The Koshi stretches its length around 720 km long and drains an area of about 74, 500 km2 in Tibet, Nepal and Bihar. The river gained its name as the sorrow of Bihar due to the annual floods that affect the state most of the times during the rainy season.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Kosi River is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar” as the annual floods affect about 21, 000 km2 (8, 100 sq mi) of fertile agricultural lands thereby disturbing the rural economy. It has an average water flow (discharge) of 2, 166 cubic metres per second (76, 500 cu ft/s).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kosi River is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar” as the annual floods affect about 21, 000 km2 (8, 100 sq mi) of fertile agricultural lands thereby disturbing the rural economy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kosi River, river in Nepal and northern India. With its tributaries, the Kosi drains the eastern third of Nepal and part of Tibet, including the country around Mount Everest. Some of its headstreams rise beyond the Nepalese border in Tibet.
Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is Brahmaputra.