Arun River
The Arun River is a trans-boundary river that is part of the Koshi or Sapta Koshi river system in Nepal. It originates in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China where it is called the Phung Chu or Bum-chu.
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Nepal and Tibet
- Also known as: “A-lu Ho”, “A-lun Ho”, “A-lung Ho”, “Arun (Nepal)”, “Arun Chhu”, “Bum Chu”, “Bum-chu”, “P’eng-ch’ü Ho”, “Peng Qu”, “Phung Chu”, “Phung-Chu”, “Phung-Czu”, “Pong Qu”, “Pum Qu”, “Pumqu”, “Rio Arun”, “अरूण”, “朋曲”, “澎曲”, “阿润河”, and “阿潤河”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chatra Gorge.
Chatra Gorge
Locality
The Chatra Gorge is a canyon cut by the Kosi River across the Mahabharat Range in Nepal. Chatra Gorge is situated 5 km north of Arun River.
Arun River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.81667° or 26° 49′ north
Longitude
87.15° or 87° 9′ east
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
Open location code
7MR9R48X+MX
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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: “阿龍河”
- Chinese: “阿龙河”
- Dotyali: “अरुण नदी”
- 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”
- Kannada: “ಅರುಣ ನದಿ”
- Lithuanian: “Arunas”
- Macedonian: “Арун (притокa на Коси)”
- Macedonian: “Арун”
- Maithili: “अरूण नदी”
- Malayalam: “അരുൺ നദി, ചൈന-നേപ്പാൾ”
- Nepali: “अरुण नदी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arun-elven”
- Norwegian: “Arun-elven”
- Polish: “Arun”
- Russian: “Арун”
- Sanskrit: “अरूण नदी”
- Sanskrit: “अरूणनदी”
- South Azerbaijani: “آرون، چین-نپال چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Arun”
- Swedish: “Arun River”
- Tamil: “அருண் ஆறு, சீனா - நேபாளம்”
- Tamil: “அருண் ஆறு”
- Telugu: “అరుణ్ నది (చైనా-నేపాల్)”
- Telugu: “అరుణ్ నది”
- Tibetan: “བུམ་ཆུ”
- Turkish: “Arun Nehri”
- Welsh: “Afon Arun”
- Western Panjabi: “ارون دریا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chatara and Bayarban.
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Highlights: Barāha Temple and Tamur River.
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