SARDA RIVER

river rising in the Himalayas and flowing south-southeast along the IndiaNepal border to join the Ghaghara River after a course of about 300 miles (480 km). In its upper course, where the stream is known as the Kali River, it enters the Gangetic Plain at Barmdeo Mandi, widening there above the Sarda Barrage; below this point it is known as the Sarda River. Its major tributaries are the Dhauliganga, Goriganga, and Sarju. The Sarda Barrage, near Banbasa, is the source of the Sarda Canal (completed 1930), one of the longest irrigation canals in northern India.