DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
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Teesta
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Kosi
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Damodar
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Mahanadi
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The kosi river is known as the sorrow of bihar.
Detailed explanation-3: -The left bank tributaries of Ganga are kali or Sharda, Gandhak, Kosi, Mahanadi. The right bank tributaries of Ganga are Yamuna and Son. Yamuna joins the Ganga at Allahabad (Prayagraj). Kosi is called Sorrow of Bihar while Damodar is called Sorrow of Bengal as these cause floods in these regions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Decades later, the perception has been totally changed as Koshi River has become a sorrow for Nepal. After construction of embankments near the Koshi River by India, the people from Bharadaha to Tilathi in Saptari district are suffering from floods.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Kosi river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”.