Himalayan Rivers

The Beas River cuts a spectacular vertical trench known as the Larji gorge through the metamorphic rock formations of the Dhauladhar Range before opening out into the plains.

The Kosi Barrage (Bhimnagar Barrage) was constructed on the India-Nepal border to regulate heavy floods, capture destructive sediment loads, and manage the highly volatile braided avulsion loops of the Kosi River.

The Son River flows through a prominent, tectonically controlled strike valley bordered sharply by the steep escarpment of the Kaimur Range to the north and the Gondwana core blocks to the south.

The Nimoo Bazgo Power Station is a run-of-the-river power project constructed across the Indus River in Ladakh, situated approximately 70 km upstream from Leh.

The Kosi-Ghaghara link project aims to transfer surplus water from the Kosi basin westward across North Bihar to the Ghaghara basin, bringing immense irrigation expansion parameters to the Purvanchal and North Bihar agrarian plains.

The Sutlej River originates in Tibet near Lake Rakshasthal, cuts a deep antecedent trench through the Himalayan axes, and enters India in Himachal Pradesh via the Shipki La pass.

The Gandak River (known as the Narayani in Nepal) cuts through the hills and forms the western edge of the Valmiki National Park ecosystem in West Champaran, Bihar, as it enters the plains.

The spectacular, deeply incised canyons of the Chambal River track feature the historic, strategically situated structures of the Shergarh and Taragarh outposts, with the Bhainsrorgarh Fort sitting directly on a cliff junction over the Chambal-Bamani confluence.

The Chutak Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-the-river power scheme constructed across the Suru River, a major tributary of the Indus River, in the Kargil district of Ladakh.

The Jhelum River displays a textbook meandering profile across the flat lacustrine valley floor of the Vale of Kashmir, which is an unusual geomorphic trait for a river in its youthful mountain stage.