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The river rises near
Tibet and is joined by the Bhoti Kosi just downstream from
Barbesi. Most raft trips start at Dolaghat. The Sun Kosi flows
eastwards in Nepal through the great valley between the
Mahabharat Lekh mountains and the Himalayas.
The volume increases
considerably draining flows from his Himalayan tributaries. In
November, the flow at Dologhat is about 100 cumecs. Lower down
the river, through the big rapids of the Jungle Corridor, it
would be about 400 cumecs, which is appr. 11,000 cft, a typical
low flow on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
At the end at
Chatra, the flow is a super 800 cumecs, in November, which makes
it one of the major rivers of the world in monsoon.
A nice thing
about Sun Kosi is that the general standard of the river gets
progressively harder as you descend it so there is time to
practice your skills on easy water before the more interesting,
bigger and continuous rapids lower down the river.
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