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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 ...
Construction for four-lane road between Purnea and Khagaria to start soon, informs Minister
Road Construction Minister Nitin Nabin announced in the Bihar Legislative Council on Tuesday that construction for the ...
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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 ...
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Climate Change, Droughts, and Floods
That same year, India faced the dislocation of some three million people when the Kosi River breached a dam and roared out of the Himalaya, causing the worst flooding of that river in 50 years.