Kali-Gandaki River
Description:
The Kali Gandaki River flows through Nepal and flows into the Ganges in India.
The total length of Kali-Gandaki is 630 kilometers. The source of the river is in the Tibetan Plateau, north of the Himalayas near the border with Tibet.
Kali Gandaki is known for tearing apart the Great Himalayan Ridge, forming the Kaligandak Gorge – the deepest gorge in the world. The gorge runs between two eight-thousanders - Annapurna (8091 meters) and Dhaulagiri (8167 meters), and the river in this place is at an altitude of 2540 meters.