Marshyangdi

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The Marsyangdi ( Nepali: मर्स्याङ्दी नदी Marsyangdi Nadi ) is a river in central Nepal. It has a length of about 150 km, rises in the northeast of the Annapurna massif at an altitude of about 3600 m with the two source rivers Khangsar Khola Khola and Jharsang and joins the Trisuli at Mugling. The river flows to the east side of the Annapurna massif by the districts of Manang and Lamjung and separates it from the Ganesh Himal, Manaslu as the massif with the highest peak. The Valley of the Marsyangi follows a part of the Annapurna round path ( Annapurna Circuit ) and the Manaslu round path ( Manaslu Circuit) ..

The largest town on the Marsyangdi is Besisahar (780 m). Other locations are Manang ( 3,550 m), Pisang ( 3,300 m) and Chame ( 2,700 m).

Hydropower

In the lower reaches of the Marsyangdi at Abukhaireni (348 m above sea level. NN ) was built in 1990, a 89- MW hydroelectric power plant. The water is supplied through mines and dammed the turbine system 13 km downstream (280 m above sea level. NN ), which ( September to June ) on this route almost all the water is drawn from the river in the dry season. A second power plant (70 MW) was established in 2009 on the middle reaches about 6 km south of Besisahar (610 m above sea level. ), Which operates according to the same principle; the inlet is 7.7 km downstream (534 m above sea level. NN ). The power plant has to be shut down frequently, because the river does not result in the dry season, enough water.

The Marsyangdi is also one of the more popular rivers for whitewater river runs ( kayak and rafting) with difficulty 4 to 5 -.

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