Talk:Gandaki River

Kaligandaki and Gandaki not synonymous
The Kaligandaki is but one of six or seven important Gandaki tributaries arising in or north of the high Himalaya and there are other important tributaries rising in the Middle Hills, still others rising south of the Mahbharat Range. The material on the Kaligandaki is OK for the most part, but it could use more historical material (the semi-independent kingdom of Mustang and the valley's history as a trans-himalayan trade route) and anthropological material (the various ethnic groups living there).

Other Gandaki tributaries have parallel historical, geographical, geological, cultural and historical attributes. They deserve the same level of attention as the Kaligandaki, even if the Kaligandaki is the best known in the West due to its trekking routes. Wikipedia should endeavor to transport its audience beyond trekking experiences.

It would also be helpful to write about the Gandaki from the Indian as well as the Nepalese point of view, showing how Nepalese and Indian perspectives diverge. The Indian perspective is that the Gandaki's immense hydroelectric and irrigation potential should be developed, especially for India's benefit.

Then there are flood control issues. In the mountains of Nepal, the Gandaki system is confined in narrow valleys that contain monsoon flooding, and maintain a gradient steep enough to keep a large load of silt and gravel in suspension. Upon reaching the open plains of southern Nepal and India the Gandaki's gradient decreases by about an order of magnitude. Much of the silt and gravel load (tens of million cubic meters annually) drops out of suspension, adding to the immense alluvial fan that descends to the Ganges from the river's exit from the himalayan foothills. Over time the Gandaki wanders over this alluvial fan, shifting its bed as depositional forces raise it above the general level. Floods are probably inevitable, given the concentration of annual precipitation into the monsoon season (June-September). In the plains, floods spread broadly across the Gandaki's alluvial fan. Since the north Indian plains are about as densely populated as any place on earth dependent on subsistence agriculture, millions of people can be impacted. Whether dams or channelization can mitigate flooding more than temporarily is highly controversial, but India often wants to try. 76.80.9.100 20:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the very interesting information. Why not put it in the article yourself? (If you do, please cite verifiable sources.) -- Spireguy 21:49, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is necessary to introduce the Indian perspective since the river is also called Gandaki in India and is of vital importance to the developement of its water resources. Many projects, Hydro electric, Irrigation and Multipurpose have been built in the basin and huge potential still remains to be exploited for the benefit of the people of the two countries. It would be presumptous to say that Irrigation and Hydroelectric projects especially are for India's benefit, particulalry when Npal has opened its Hydrosector for private sctor participation which would benfit Nepal immensely.Is there any other approach or way than try that India can adopt to mitigate the floods and silt which debouch into the plains from Nepal?

These perspectives and other related issues on religious significane (common heritage),archeological aspects also need to be highlighted. I have started editing this page and in the course of next few days I should be able to add all the relevant texts to this page. The Gandak Zone site would be right site to include all about the Annapurna Conservation Area, Trisuli and its tributaries (Marsyangdi), ethnicity of the region, etc. After that comments and changes are welcome Inserted by user N.V.V.Char —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nvvchar (talk • contribs) 13:44, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Kali Gandaki Hydropower plant
There is an image of the Kali Gandaki Hydropower plant.  Location : 27° 58' 34.70" N 83° 35' 14.09" E  The hydropower plant produces 144 MW of Electricity.

References:  --RajeshPandey (talk) 11:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

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Kali Gandaki
This article does seem to cause some confusion as it combines the details of the Kali Gandaki, with the main Gandaki. EB states here that the Gandak(i) is formed at the confluence of the Kali (Gandiki) and the Trishuli River. I have rolled back an expansion of the Kali Gandaki River redirect, as it was a direct copy of much of this article. An agreed split would be the best way to do this...Jokulhlaup (talk) 15:56, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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Lets improve to make it a featured article
The article is well written and has all ingredients of a featured article. Anyone interested to improve the inline citation? I think it can be easily upgraded to the featured article with input from good english editor. nirmal (talk) 07:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * At present, this page does not even meet the criteria for Good Article, see Good article criteria, as the majority of paragraphs is unsourced. So I suggest, you first find WP:RSs for each statement and try to get it rated for class B, see Content assessment/B-Class criteria. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 08:34, 18 November 2020 (UTC)