{"id":367716,"date":"2026-07-18T16:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367716"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:57:20","slug":"bagmati-river-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bagmati-river-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagmati River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Heavy rainfall in Nepal&#8217;s catchment areas has led to a continuous rise in the water levels of the Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla Balan, and Kosi rivers in Bihar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Bagmati River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367731\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-367731\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Mera-Apna-Bihar.webp?resize=468%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bagmati River\" width=\"468\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Mera-Apna-Bihar.webp?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Mera-Apna-Bihar.webp?w=497&amp;ssl=1 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Mera Apna Bihar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It flows<strong> through south-central Nepal and northern Bihar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originates from the<strong> Bagdwar area in the Shivapuri Hills, located in the northwestern part of Kathmandu Valley\u00a0<\/strong>of Nepal.\n<ul>\n<li>The river enters India near <strong data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"385\">Shorwati village<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"418\">Sitamarhi district, Bihar<\/strong> and joins <strong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"443\">Kosi River<\/strong> at <strong data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"460\">Badiaghat<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"493\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Khagaria district, Bihar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Bagmati River basin transacts <strong>three distinct latitudinal physiographic<\/strong> <strong>zones<\/strong> in th<strong>e Nepal Himalayas-\u00a0Mountain Zone,\u00a0Siwalik Zone\u00a0and\u00a0Terai Zone.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributary of:<\/strong> It is a tributary of the<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kosi-river\/\"><strong> Kosi River<\/strong><\/a><strong data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"201\">.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"191pztz\" data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"333\"><strong>Length:<\/strong> It is <strong data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"236\">597 km (207 km in Nepal and 390 km in India)<\/strong> long <strong>trans-boundary perennial river.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"191pztz\" data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"333\"><strong>Dam associated:<\/strong> <span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">The primary dam constructed on the r<strong>iver is the<\/strong><\/span><strong> Dhap Dam<\/strong>\u00a0in Nepal.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"zfgi4s\" data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"493\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"434\">Fauna: <\/strong>The lower stretch of the river in India provides important habitat for the <strong data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"434\">Gangetic dolphin and gharial.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"zfgi4s\" data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"493\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><strong>Religious Significance: <\/strong>It is considered holy by <strong>both Hindus and Buddhists.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"zfgi4s\" data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"493\" data-is-last-node=\"\">The banks of the Bagmati River are home to various temples, including the <strong>Pashupatinath Temple which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Heavy rainfall in Nepal&#8217;s catchment areas has led to a continuous rise in the water levels of the Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla Balan, and Kosi rivers in Bihar. About Bagmati River It flows through south-central Nepal and northern Bihar. Origin: It originates from the Bagdwar area in the Shivapuri Hills, located in the northwestern part&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bagmati-river-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bagmati River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,12194,12085],"class_list":["post-367716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-bagmati-river","tag-news-on-air","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}