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 / 27.90555; 84.54641 |
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
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. 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). It was assumed that the Daraundu hydropower project and dam would obstruct migration of fish up the river and severely reduce their population.
Lower section
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. The Daraundi Khola joins the Marshyangdi river at Abun Khaireni about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream from the tailrace of the Marshyangdi dam.
Notes
- 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
- 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