Dudh Kosi
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Dudh Kosi (दुध कोसी, Milk River) is a river in eastern Nepal and Bihar, India. The river begins just east of Gokyo Lakes and flows south to Namche Bazaar where it meets the Bhote Kosi. Continuing south, the Dudh Kosi exits Sagarmatha National Park and passes to the west of Lukla. The Lamding Khola joins the Dudh Kosi to the southwest of Surkya and continues its southerly course to Harkapur, where it joins the Sun Kosi river.
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[edit] Course
The Kosi river fan located in the northern part of India is one of the largest alluvial cones built by any river in the world. This 180 km long and 150 km wide alluvial cone shows evidence of lateral shift exceeding 140 km during the past 250 years. The Kosi alluvial cone and its adjoining area has been studied in detail by remote sensing techniques. The data have been integrated with the available geological and geophysical information to decipher the causes responsible for the lateral shift of such a high magnitude fan. The satellite image better defines the old palaeo-channels of the Kosi river and its confluence with the Mahananda river north of Lava prior to 1731.[1]
[edit] Fauna
- Gangetic River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica)- Rapidly diminishing [2]
[edit] The sorrow of Bihar
The Dudh Kosi (Milk River) that flows from Nepal to India is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”as it has caused widespread human suffering in the past because of flooding and very frequent change in course[3] [4] [5]. It is also the life line of the Mithila region of Bihar and forms the basis of folklore of the region.
[edit] Kakaking
The river is extremly white water, normally it can't used for watersports. The first kajaktrip was made 1976 by the british expedition under the leadership from Mike Jones (canoeist).
[edit] Books woth Kosi as Folklore
Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi - Maithili Short Story collection on the village life of Mithila on the banks of the Kosi and its tributaries.1994.Bhubaneswar. By Binod Bihari Verma. [6]
