Dudh Kosi

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The Dudhkoshi ( Dudh Kosi also, nepali: दुधकोशी नदी Dudhkoshī Nadī milk - Koshi River ) is a river in the Himalayas in eastern Nepal, which drains the Khumbu region below the Mt Everest. The name corresponds to that of the water very bright coloration due to the entrained sediment ( Analog: Seti Gandaki = White Gandaki ). The slope of whitewater river is extremely large, it prevail flow rates of up to 50 km / h

The river rises east of Gokyo Lakes and flows south to Namche Bazaar, where he joins the Bhotekoshi (Tibet River ). A small piece above the confluence is the famous Hillary Bridge. A little further south is leaving the Dudh Kosi to the Sagarmatha National Park and then flows west past below to Lukla. Southwest of Surkya opens one of Lamding Khola, after which the river flows further south to merge with Harkapur in the Sunkoshi, which later united with other rivers to Koshi, which in turn rises further south ultimately in the Ganges.

First descent

In the spring of 1976, the flow of a British kayak whitewater expedition led by Mike Jones was first traveled. The group sailed sections of approximately 130 km of the Dudh Kosi between Pheriche and the confluence with the Sunkoshi.