The Daraudi River (or Daraundi Khola) is a river in Nepal. It is a left tributary of the Marshyangdi river, which in turn joins the Trishuli River.

Daraudi River
Daraudi River is located in Nepal
Daraudi River
Native nameDaraundi Khola (Nepali)
Physical characteristics
MouthMarshyangdi river
 • location
Abun Khaireni
 • coordinates
27°54′20″N 84°32′47″E / 27.90555°N 84.54641°E / 27.90555; 84.54641

Hydroelectricity

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The flow from the Daraudi River is used to generate 6 MW electricity at the Daraudi A Hydropower Plant located in the former Muchok, Takumajh Lakuribot and Saurpani VDCs of Gorkha District.[1] The plant has a catchment area upstream from the intake of 224 square kilometres (86 sq mi), and long-term annual average flow at this point of 17.7 cubic metres per second (630 cu ft/s).[2] It was assumed that the Daraundu hydropower project and dam would obstruct migration of fish up the river and severely reduce their population.[3]

Lower section

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Rainfall station No. 441 is at Naya Sanghu in the Daraundi basin, with a catchment area of 376 metres (1,234 ft). The runoff-rainfall ratio is 1.03.[4] The Daraundi Khola joins the Marshyangdi river at Abun Khaireni about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream from the tailrace of the Marshyangdi dam.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Alam, Firoz; Alam, Quamrul; Reza, Suman; Khurshid-ul-Alam, S. M.; Saleque, Khondkar; Chowdhury, Harun (1 March 2017). "A Review of Hydropower Projects in Nepal". Energy Procedia. 1st International Conference on Energy and Power, ICEP2016, 14–16 December 2016, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. 110: 581–585. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.188. ISSN 1876-6102.
  2. ^ Daraudi-'A' Hydroelectric Project ... Kalika.
  3. ^ Asian Development Bank 2018, PT61.
  4. ^ Bhusal, Bajracharya & Bagale 2008, p. 2.
  5. ^ Asian Development Bank 2018, PT60–PT61.

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