Koshi River

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The Koshi River is one of the largest and most powerful rivers in the Himalayan region, flowing from Tibet through Nepal into India and known for its massive drainage basin and frequent, destructive flooding.

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AI-generated illustration of Koshi River

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Koshi River (The Koshi River is one of the largest and most powerful rivers in the Himalayan region, flowing from Tibet through Nepal into India and known for its massive drainage basin and frequent, destructive flooding.)

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Himalayan river ⓘ
river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
2008FloodImpact displacement of over a million people in Bihar ⓘ
barrageLocation near Bhimnagar ⓘ
barragePurpose flood control ⓘ
hydropower potential utilization ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
basinLocation southern slopes of the central Himalayas ⓘ
country China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
crossesMountainRange Himalayas ⓘ
deltaicFeature alluvial fan in north Bihar ⓘ
drainageArea approximately 74000 square kilometres ⓘ
drainageAreaInNepal approximately 29000 square kilometres ⓘ
drainageBasin Ganges Basin ⓘ
ecologicalImportance habitat for aquatic biodiversity ⓘ
economicUse fisheries ⓘ
hydropower potential ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
ecoregion Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests ⓘ
entersIndiaNear Hanuman Nagar ⓘ
floodCharacteristic breaching of embankments ⓘ
frequent course changes ⓘ
flowsThrough Bihar ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Arun River ⓘ
Sun Koshi ⓘ
Tamur River ⓘ
hazardType riverine flooding ⓘ
infrastructure Koshi Barrage ⓘ
linked to: Kosi Barrage
knownFor destructive floods in Bihar ⓘ
frequent flooding ⓘ
large drainage basin ⓘ
length approximately 720 kilometres ⓘ
majorTributary Arun River ⓘ
Dudh Koshi ⓘ
Indravati River ⓘ
linked to: Indravati

Likhu Khola ⓘ
Sun Koshi ⓘ
Tama Koshi ⓘ
linked to: Sun Koshi

Tamakoshi River ⓘ
mouth Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges
nickname Sorrow of Bihar ⓘ
notableFloodEvent 2008 Kosi flood ⓘ
partOf Ganges river system ⓘ
passesNear Chatra ⓘ
region eastern Terai of Nepal ⓘ
sourceRegion Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Plateau

Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
stateInIndia Bihar ⓘ
tributaryOf Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (68)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nepal → hasMajorRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
Kosi → alsoKnownAs → Koshi ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Kosi → alsoKnownAs → Koshi River ⓘ
Sagarmatha National Park → contains → Dudh Koshi River ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Drangme Chhu → hasTributary → Kuri Chhu ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Sun Kosi → tributaryOf → Sapt Koshi ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Terai → drainedBy → Koshi River ⓘ
Indo-Nepal border → hasBorderRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
Barun Glacier → drainageBasin → Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Imja Khola → riverSystem → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Province No. 1 → containsRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
Bhote Koshi River → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Tamur River → tributaryOf → Koshi River ⓘ
Tamur River → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Tamur River → belongsToHydrologicalSystem → Koshi basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Barun River → drainageBasin → Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Barun River → partOf → Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Nepali people → majorRiverRegion → Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Dudh Koshi → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Dudh Koshi → riverSystem → Koshi River ⓘ
Sun Koshi → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Sun Koshi → drainageBasin → Koshi basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Likhu Khola → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Likhu Khola → drainageBasin → Koshi basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Likhu Khola → riverSystem → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Likhu Khola → mouthLocatedIn → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Hanuman Nagar → locatedNear → Koshi River ⓘ
Chatra → locatedNear → Koshi River ⓘ
Chatra → locatedOn → Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Chatra → partOf → Koshi River corridor ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Chatra → waterResource → Koshi River ⓘ
Morang District → hasRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
subject linked to: Morang District, Nepal
Tamakoshi River → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Tamakoshi River → drainageBasin → Koshi Basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Eastern Nepal → hasMajorRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Nepal
Saptari District → crossedByRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
Indrawati River → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Indrawati River → riverSystem → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Kabeli Khola → partOf → Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Kabeli Khola → drainageBasin → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Koshi Province → namedAfter → Koshi River ⓘ
Sunsari District → crossedByRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
Morang District → traversedByRiver → Koshi River ⓘ
Saptakoshi River → partOf → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Saptakoshi River → alsoKnownAs → Koshi River ⓘ
Gyazumpa Cho → drainageBasin → Koshi River system ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River
Lobuche River → drainageBasin → Koshi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Koshi River