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Map showing the Ghaghara and Gandaki tributaries of the Ganges.

Ghaghara (also called the Gogra or the Karnali in Tibet and upper Nepal) is a river in Nepal and northern India, one of the largest affluents of the Ganges. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent It rises in the southern slopes of the Himalayas in Tibet, at an altitude of about 13,000 feet (3962 metres) above sea level. Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European The river flows south through Nepal as the Karnali River. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Karnali or Ghaghara (also spelled the Gogra Ghaghra or Ghagra Nepali Kauriala or Manchu or the Karnali literally means ' holy water from the sacred mountain' (Karnali also means “Turquoise In Uttar Pradesh state the Ghaghara flows in a southeast direction to the town of Chapra, where, after a course of 570 miles (917 kilometres), it joins the Ganges. Uttar Pradesh (उत्तर प्रदेश اتر پردیش pronounced, Translation: Northern Province) referred to as '''U The river is one of the most important commercial waterways of Uttar Pradesh.

Deforestation in the upper reaches has significantly increased the sediment load on the Ghaghara (and the downstream Ganges). The Gangetic dolphin or susu, frequently sighted on the Ghaghara in earlier times, is rare today, possibly due to difficulties in navigating shallow waters. The Ganges River Dolphin ( Platanista gangetica gangetica) and Indus River Dolphin ( Platanista gangetica minor) are two sub-species of freshwater The Ghaghara is the furthest upstream in the dolphin range.

Important towns on the river include Faizabad-Ayodhya, Dohrighat, and Tanda. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the Faizabad in Tajikistan see Faizabad Tajikistan. Ayodhya (अयोध्या IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Dohrighat is a town and a Nagar panchayat in Mau district in the state of Uttar Pradesh

The river (but more likely, a tributary) may be the famed Ramayana river Sarayu. The Rāmāyaṇa ( Devanāgarī: sa रामायण is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the Hindu sage ( Maharishi) Valmiki The Sarayu (also Sarju; Dev सरयु saráyu- f later Dev

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