Gandaki River

The Kali Gandaki or Gandaki River (also known as the Narayani in southern Nepaland the Gandak in India) is one of the major rivers of Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India It is also called Krishna Gandaki in Nepal.^[1] In Nepal the river is notable for its deep gorge through the Himalayas and its enormous hydroelectricpotential. It has a total catchment area of 46,300 square kilometers (17,900 sq mi), most of it in Nepal. It lies between the similar Kosi system to the east and the Karnali(Ghaghara) system to the west.