Arun River

The Arun River is a trans-boundary river that is part of the Koshi or Sapta Koshi river system in . It originates in the of the People's Republic of China where it is called the Phung Chu or Bum-chu.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: watercourse in Nepal and Tibet
  • Also known as: A-lu Ho”, “A-lun Ho”, “A-lung Ho”, “Arun”, “Arun Chhu”, “P’eng-ch’ü Ho”, “Pong Qu”, and “Pum Qu

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chatra Gorge.

Locality
The is a cut by the Kosi River across the Mahabharat Range in . is situated 5 km north of Arun River.

Arun River

Latitude
26.81667° or 26° 49′ north
Longitude
87.15° or 87° 9′ east
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
Open location code
7MR9R48X+MX
Geo­Names ID
1280311
Wiki­data ID
Q1111197
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Arun River” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Արուն
  • Asturian: Ríu Arun
  • Cebuano: Arun River
  • Chinese: 朋曲
  • Chinese: 澎曲
  • Chinese: 阿润河
  • Chinese: 阿潤河
  • Chinese: 阿龍河
  • Chinese: 阿龙河
  • Dotyali: अरुण नदी
  • Dutch: Arun (Nepal)
  • Dutch: Arun
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ارون
  • German: Arun
  • Gujarati: અરુણ નદી, નેપાળ
  • Hebrew: נהר ארון
  • Hindi: अरुण नदी
  • Hindi: अरुन ऱिवेर्
  • Irish: Abhainn Arun
  • Italian: Arun
  • Italian: Bum-chu
  • Italian: Peng Qu
  • Italian: Phung Chu
  • Italian: Phung-Chu
  • Italian: Pumqu
  • Kannada: ಅರುಣ ನದಿ
  • Lithuanian: Arunas
  • Macedonian: Арун (притокa на Коси)
  • Macedonian: Арун
  • Maithili: अरूण नदी
  • Malayalam: അരുൺ നദി, ചൈന-നേപ്പാൾ
  • Nepali: अरुण नदी
  • Nepali: अरूण नदी
  • Nepali: अरूण
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arun-elven
  • Norwegian: Arun-elven
  • Polish: Arun
  • Polish: Phung-Czu
  • Russian: Арун
  • Sanskrit: अरूण नदी
  • Sanskrit: अरूणनदी
  • South Azerbaijani: آرون، چین-نپال چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Arun
  • Spanish: Río Arun
  • Swedish: Arun River
  • Tamil: அருண் ஆறு, சீனா - நேபாளம்
  • Tamil: அருண் ஆறு
  • Turkish: Arun Nehri
  • Welsh: Afon Arun
  • Western Panjabi: ارون دریا

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Arun River”. Photo: Nirmal Dulal, CC BY-SA 4.0.