#13 SHARDA

• The Sarda river rises in the Milam glacier in the Nepal Himalayas where it is known as the Goriganga.

• The Sharda originates from the Greater Himalayas at Kalapaani at an altitude of 3600m in the Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand.

  • Kalapaani is situated on the route of Kailash Manasarovar Yatra tour

• It is named as River Mahakali in Nepal and the name is after the Goddess Kali whose temple is situated in Kalapaani near the Lipu-Lekh pass at the border between India and the Tibet

• The river borders the Nepalese Mahakali Zone and Uttarkhand.

• The river flows in a gorge section in the upper region.

• The Mahakali after it descends into the plains into India is known as Sarda, which meets the Ghaghara.