Ghaghara
The Ghaghara River, also known as the Karnali River in Nepal, Mapcha Tsangpo in Tibet, and as the Sarayu River in the lower Ghaghara of India's Awadh, is a perennial trans-boundary river that originates in the northern slopes of the Himalayas in the Tibetan Plateau, cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sharda River at Brahmaghat in India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: perennial trans-boundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake Mansarovar
- Also known as: “Gagra”, “Ghaghara River”, “Ghāghara River”, “Ghāghra”, “Ghagra River”, “Ghargharā”, “Girwa”, “Gogra River”, “Gorga”, and “Karnali River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chhapra and Revelganj.
Chhapra
Photo: Robinindian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chhapra is a city and headquarters of the Saran District in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River.
Revelganj
Town
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Revelganj is a town and one of the oldest nagar panchayat in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Revelganj is situated 8 km northwest of Ghaghara.
Ghaghara
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ghaghara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر غاغهرا”
- Armenian: “Գհագհրա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Ghaghara”
- Azerbaijani: “Qhaqhara çayı”
- Basque: “Karnali ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Гхагхра”
- Belarusian: “Рака Гхагхра”
- Bengali: “কর্ণালী নদী”
- Bengali: “ঘর্ঘরা নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “घाघरा”
- Bulgarian: “Гхагхара”
- Catalan: “Gogra”
- Catalan: “Kauriala”
- Cebuano: “Kauriālā River”
- Chinese: “加格拉河”
- Chuvash: “Гхагхра”
- Czech: “Ghághra”
- Dotyali: “कर्णाली नदी”
- Dutch: “Ghaghara”
- Dutch: “Kauriala”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جاجهرا”
- Esperanto: “Karnalio”
- Fiji Hindi: “Ghaghara”
- Finnish: “Ghaghara”
- Finnish: “Karnali”
- Finnish: “Mapcha Tsangpo”
- French: “Ghaghara”
- French: “Ghaghra”
- French: “Ghâghra”
- French: “Ghagra”
- French: “Ghâgra”
- French: “Gogra”
- French: “K’ung-ch’iao Ho”
- French: “Karnali”
- French: “Khakra”
- Georgian: “გჰაგჰრა”
- German: “Ghaghara”
- Greek: “Γκαγκάρα”
- Gujarati: “ઘાઘરા નદી”
- Hindi: “घाघरा नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Ghaghara”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ghaghara”
- Italian: “Karnali”
- Japanese: “ガーガラー川”
- Japanese: “ガーグラー川”
- Kannada: “ಘಾಘ್ರಾ”
- Korean: “가가라강”
- Lithuanian: “Ghaghra”
- Lithuanian: “Gogra”
- Macedonian: “Гагара”
- Maithili: “कर्णाली नदी”
- Malayalam: “ഘാഗ്ര നദി”
- Mingrelian: “გჰაგჰრა”
- Nepali: “कर्णाली नदी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghaghara”
- Panjabi: “ਘਾਘਰਾ ਦਰਿਆ”
- Panjabi: “ਘਾਘਰਾ ਨਦੀ”
- Persian: “رود گاگرا”
- Persian: “گهاگهرا”
- Polish: “Ghaghra”
- Portuguese: “Ghaghara”
- Portuguese: “K’ung-ch’iao Ho”
- Portuguese: “Kung-chiao Ho”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gagara”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ghaghara”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ghaghra”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ghāghrā”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ghagra”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gogra”
- Portuguese: “Rio Karnali”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kauriala”
- Romanian: “Râul Karnali”
- Russian: “Гхагхара”
- Russian: “Гхагхра”
- Serbian: “Гагра”
- Slovenian: “Karnali”
- South Azerbaijani: “قاقهرا چایی”
- Spanish: “rio Ghaghra”
- Spanish: “río Ghaghra”
- Spanish: “Rio Karnali”
- Spanish: “Río Karnali”
- Tamil: “காக்ரா ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำฆาฆรา”
- Turkish: “Karnali Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ґхаґхара”
- Urdu: “دریائے گھاگھرا”
- Venetian: “Fiume Karnali”
- Welsh: “Afon Ghaghara”
- Western Panjabi: “گھگھارا دریا”
- “घाघरा”
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