Daraudi River
| Daraudi River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Daraundi Khola (Nepali) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Marshyangdi river |
• location | Abun Khaireni |
• coordinates | 27°54′20″N 84°32′47″E / 27.90555°N 84.54641°E |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Daraudi-'A' Hydroelectric Project ... Kalika.
- ^ Asian Development Bank 2018, PT61.
- ^ Bhusal, Bajracharya & Bagale 2008, p. 2.
- ^ Asian Development Bank 2018, PT60–PT61.
Sources
[edit]- Asian Development Bank (1 December 2018), Impact of Dam on Fish in the Rivers of Nepal, Asian Development Bank, ISBN 978-92-9261-433-1
- Bhusal, Jagat K.; Bajracharya, Om Ratna; Bagale, Lekh Nath (1–4 September 2008), Assessment of Water Availability in Major River Basins of Western Nepal (PDF), Montpellier, France: XIIIth World Water Congress, retrieved 2 December 2020
- Daraudi-'A' Hydroelectric Project (6MW), Kalika Group, archived from the original on 31 October 2020, retrieved 2 December 2020