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 Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Kosi system are – the Sun Kosi

Sun Kosi

The Sun Kosi or Matsang Tsangpo is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapta Kosi river system in Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of China.-Etymology:...

, the Indravati River

Indravati River, 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 Nepal to form this river. The main rivers forming the Kosi system are – the Sun Kosi River, the Indravati River, the Bhola Koshi, the Dudh Kosi,...

, the Bhola Kosi, the Dudh Kosi, the Arun River, Barun River

Barun River

The Barun River is a tributary of the Arun River and is part of the Kosi river system 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 Nepal to form this river...

, and Tamur River

Tamur River

The Tamur River is a major river in eastern Nepal, which begins around Kanchenjunga. The Tamur and the Arun join the Sun Kosi at Tribenighat to form the giant Saptakoshi which flows through Mahabharat Range on to the Gangetic plain-Kosi river system:...

. The combined river flows through the Chatra gorge in a southerly direction to emerge from the hills.

Course

The river drains the Mount Everest

Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 massif, the highest peak in the world. It begins just east of Gokyo Lakes

Gokyo Lakes

Gokyo Lakes are oligotrophic lakes in Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park, located at an altitude of above sea level. These lakes are the world’s highest freshwater lake system comprising six main lakes, of which Thonak Lake is the largest...

 and flows south to Namche Bazaar

Namche Bazaar

Namche Bazaar is a village and Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. It is located within the Khumbu area at , populating the sides of a hill...

. Continuing south, the Dudh Kosi exits Sagarmatha National Park

Sagarmatha National Park

Sagarmāthā National Park is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal containing the southern half of Mount Everest. The park was created on July 19, 1976 and was inscribed as a Natural World Heritage Site in 1979...

 and passes to the west of Lukla

Lukla

Lukla is a town in the Khumbu area of the Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. Situated at , it is a popular place for visitors to the Himalayas near Mount Everest to arrive...

. The Lamding Khola joins the Dudh Kosi to the southwest of Surkya and continues its southerly course to Harkapur

Harkapur

Harkapur is a village development committee in Okhaldhunga District in the Sagarmatha Zone of mid-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2499 living in 504 individual households.-External links:*...

, where it joins the Sun Kosi

Sun Kosi

The Sun Kosi or Matsang Tsangpo is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapta Kosi river system in Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of China.-Etymology:...

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Kayaking

The river is extreme white water and normally it cannot be used for watersports. The first kayak trip was made in 1976 by a British expedition under the leadership of Mike Jones

Mike Jones (canoeist)

Mike Jones QGM was a 20th century canoeist known for his expeditions on the Blue Nile and Dudh Kosi.-Early life:Born in the early 1950s in Yorkshire, England, he began kayaking in November 1965 at age 14...

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