The Daraudi River (or Daraundi Khola) is a river in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. It is a left tributary of the

Marshyangdi river The Marshyangdi (or Marsyangdi) ( Nepali: , marśyāṅdī) is a mountain river in Nepal. Its length is about 150 kilometres. The Marshyangdi begins at the confluence of two mountain rivers, the Khangsar Khola and Jharsang Khola, northwest of ...

, which in turn joins the

Trishuli River The Trishuli River ( ne, त्रिशूली नदी) is one of the major tributaries of the Narayani River basin in central Nepal. It originates in Tibet as a stream and enters Nepal at Gyirong Town. Etymology The Trishuli is named after t ...

Hydroelectricity

The flow from the Daraudi River is used to generate 6 MW electricity at the

Daraudi A Hydropower Plant Daraundi A Hydropower Station (or Daraudi A; ne, दरौदी A जलविद्युत आयोजना) is a 6 MW run-of-river hydro-electric plant located on the Daraundi River in the Gorkha District of Nepal. Location and wate ...

located in the former Muchok, Takumajh Lakuribot and Saurpani VDCs of

Gorkha District Gorkha District ( ne, गोरखा जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal, which is the fourth largest district (by area) of Nepal and connected historically with the creation of the modern Nep ...

. The plant has a catchment area upstream from the intake of , and long-term annual average flow at this point of . 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 . The runoff-rainfall ratio is 1.03. The Daraundi Khola joins the

at Abun Khaireni about upstream from the tailrace of the Marshyangdi dam.

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