{"id":372667,"date":"2026-09-26T17:47:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=372667"},"modified":"2026-09-26T17:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:17:38","slug":"rangeet-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rangeet-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangeet River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Sikkim will host a three-day river festival on the Rangeet River to promote sustainable angling, river conservation, tourism and community participation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Rangeet River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372674\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-372674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-ResearchGate-5.jpg?resize=422%2C322&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rangeet River\" width=\"422\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-ResearchGate-5.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-ResearchGate-5.jpg?w=754&amp;ssl=1 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Rangeet, or Rangit River<\/strong>\u00a0is the <strong>largest river in Sikkim.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originates from a <strong>glacier of Mount Kabru in the lower Kanchenjunga region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Course:<\/strong> It begins its <strong>course in the West Sikkim<\/strong> district and flows <strong>past Pelling, Legship and Jorethang before joining the Teesta.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boundary:<\/strong> During its final flow, the Rangeet forms the <strong>boundary between Sikkim and Darjeeling district of West Bengal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributary of:<\/strong> The river joins the<strong> Teesta River at Teesta Bazaar, <\/strong>on the periphery of <strong>West Bengal and Sikkim.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Terrain:<\/strong> Its banks have thick <strong>forest cover,<\/strong> while some areas are <strong>used for terrace farming.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological Importance:<\/strong> Its mountain river <strong>system supports cold-water fisheries,<\/strong> provides irrigation and freshwater.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydropower Projects:<\/strong> It supplies water for small hydropower projects.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Rangeet Dam<\/strong> has been <strong>built on the Rangeet River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It started <strong>operating in year 2000.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0 <strong>has a 60 MW capacity. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>45-metre-high concrete gravity structure<\/strong> with a length of 100 metres.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Sikkim will host a three-day river festival on the Rangeet River to promote sustainable angling, river conservation, tourism and community participation. About Rangeet River The Rangeet, or Rangit River\u00a0is the largest river in Sikkim. Origin: It originates from a glacier of Mount Kabru in the lower Kanchenjunga region. Course: It begins its course in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rangeet-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rangeet River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"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],"class_list":["post-372667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372667","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\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}