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River is pushing up Mount Everest’s peak, study suggests
Today, the Arun river runs to the east of Mount Everest and merges downstream with the larger Kosi river system. Over ...
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Bihar's Kosi river swells, houses inundated, residents stranded
The rapid rise in the water level of the Kosi River in Bihar has resulted in floodwaters entering homes in several villages in the Saharsa district, crippling the normal life of people.
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Why is Mount Everest growing? Mystery solved: its height is boosted by river system merge
Everest has gained roughly 15 to 50 metres (40 to 164 feet) in height due to this change in the regional river system. The Kosi river merged with the Arun river approximately 89,000 years ago as ...
India has 6,327 river dolphins, finds first population survey
Conducted between 2021 and 2023, the survey covered 8,406 km long stretches of Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins, inclusive ...
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Diocese of Purnea
Diocese of Purnea covers a land area of 15,733.4 square kilometers. The diocesan territory consists of the flat alluvial bed of the Kosi river, the River of Sorrows. The diocese of Purnea was created ...