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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 450 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GANDAK , a See also:

river of See also:northern See also:India. It rises in the See also:Nepal. Himalayas, flows See also:south-See also:west until it reaches See also:British territory, where it forms the boundary between the See also:United Provinces and See also:Bengal for a considerable portion of its course, and falls into the See also:Ganges opposite See also:Patna. It is a See also:snow-fed stream, and the surrounding See also:country in the plains, lying at a See also:lower level than its See also:banks, is endangered by its floods. The river is accordingly enclosed by protective embankments. The LITTLE GANDAK rises in the Nepal hills, enters See also:Gorakhpur See also:district about 8 m. west of the Gandak, and joins the See also:Gogra just within the See also:Saran district of Bengal. The Bums' (or old) GANDAK also rises in the Nepal hills, and follows a course roughly parallel to and See also:east of that of the Gandak, of which it represents an old channel, passing See also:Muzaffarpur, and joining the Ganges nearly opposite to Moughjr. Its See also:principal tributary is the Baghmati, which rises in the hills N. of Kathmandu, flows in a southerly direction through See also:Tirhut, and joins the Burhi Gandak See also:close to Rusera.

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