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

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.

Hydroelectricity

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

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

    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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