{"id":347483,"date":"2025-10-06T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=347483"},"modified":"2025-10-06T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:39:08","slug":"balasan-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/balasan-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Balasan river"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, heavy rains caused landslides and flooding in the Darjeeling hills, damaging roads and infrastructure, including the collapse of the Dudiya iron bridge over the Balasan river.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Balasan River<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_347490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347490\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-347490\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Research-Gate.jpg?resize=295%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Research-Gate.jpg?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Research-Gate.jpg?resize=768%2C781&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Research-Gate.jpg?w=870&amp;ssl=1 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is a <strong>perennial river<\/strong> flowing in the<strong> Darjeeling District of West Bengal.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originates from <strong>Lepchajagat <\/strong>on the <strong>Ghum-Simana ridge <\/strong>at an altitude of about <strong>2,361 m <\/strong>in the<strong> Darjeeling Himalayas, <\/strong>below<strong> Tiger Hill.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming:<\/strong> The name &#8216;<strong>Balasun<\/strong>&#8216; is derived from the <strong>Lepcha language<\/strong>, highlighting local heritage.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>main course of the Balason River<\/strong> flows from north to southeast for approximately <strong>51.92 km<\/strong>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>river basin spans<\/strong> parts of <strong>Rangli Rangliot, Naxalbari, Matigara, Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri, Mirik, and Kurseong<\/strong> in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Tributary of:<\/strong> It is a major<strong> right-bank <\/strong>tributary of the<strong> Mahananda River, <\/strong>joining it at<strong> Noukaghat, near Siliguri.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<strong> Mahananda River<\/strong> eventually merges with the <strong>Ganga<\/strong> river system.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><b>Right-bank tributaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Pulungdung Khola, Rangbang Khola, Marma Khola, Manjwa Jhora, and Dudhia Jhora.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><b>Left-bank tributaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bhim Khola, Rangmuk Khola, Pachhim Khola, Rinchigtong Khola, and Ghatta Hussain Khola.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Drainage pattern:<\/strong> The drainage network exhibits a <strong>dendritic pattern <\/strong>and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">river valley is <strong>characterised by a steep, ungraded channel, narrow valley floor, and steep valley sides.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The basin area is <strong>largely composed of intensely metamorphosed rocks<\/strong>, including gneiss, slates, phyllite, and schists and are basin area is dominated by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Inceptisol soils.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, heavy rains caused landslides and flooding in the Darjeeling hills, damaging roads and infrastructure, including the collapse of the Dudiya iron bridge over the Balasan river. About Balasan River It is a perennial river flowing in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal. 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