Kali River
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The Kali River originates from the Greater Himalayas at Kalapaani at an altitude of 3600 m, in the Pithoragarh District of Uttaranchal, India. The river is named after the Goddess Kali whose temple is situated in Kalapaani near the Lipu-Lekh pass at the border between India and Tibet. On its upper course, this river forms India's continuous eastern boundary with Nepal.
The Kali river joins with the Gori Ganga at Jauljibi, a place famous for its annual trade fair. It the joins with the Saryu river at Pancheshwar. The area around Pancheshwar is called 'Kali Kumaon'. Kali descends in plains and called by the name of Sharda.
The Pancheswar Dam, a joint venture with Nepal for irrigation and hydro-electric power generation will soon be constructed on the Kali.[1] The Tanakpur Hydroelectric Project is also being built by the Uttaranchal Irrigation Department, with a dam on the river near the town of Tanakpur in the district of Champawat.
The Kali river is the part of the Ganges River System.
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- ^ Nepal, India Sign Deal to Build World's Highest Dam, Patrick McCully, World Rivers Review, Volume 11, Number 4, September 1996, International Rivers Network, accessed September 2, 2006
