kari kosi river
Kari Kosi river at Chunapur Ghat, Purnea.

Kari Kosi is one of the two rivers flowing through Purnea (city). It is the abandoned channel of Kosi river which used to flow from center of Purnea which is briefly described in the Bengal District Gazetteers - Purnea by O’malley, L. S. S. It joins Saura river near Harda, Purnea which further joins The Ganga river in Dilarpur, Katihar.[1][2]

The wetlands created by Kari Kosi makes Makhana farming possible in Purnea and Katihar districts. This area became one of the largest producer of Makhana in India, thanks to this river

Floods

Flood of kari kosi
Kari kosi splitting its banks during monsoon.

Along with Mahananda, Kari Kosi usually split Its banks causing deluge and waterlogging in Katihar district of Bihar.

References

  1. ↑ "Embankments: Engineering solutions or problems?". www.indiawaterportal.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  2. ↑ Krüger, Fred; Bankoff, Greg; Cannon, Terry; Orlowski, Benedikt; Schipper, E. Lisa F. (2015-04-24). Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-75464-0.


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