Geography of Bihar
Bihar is a vast stretch of fertile plain. It is drained by the Ganges River,
including its northern tributaries Gandak and Koshi, originating in the Nepal
Himalayas and the Bagmati originating in the Kathmandu Valley that regularly
flood parts of the Bihar plains. The total area covered by the state of Bihar is
94,163 km². the state is located between 21°-58'-10" N ~ 27°-31'-15" N latitude
and between 83°-19'-50" E ~ 88°-17'-40" E longitude. Its average elevation above
sea level is 173 feet (53 m).The Ganges divides Bihar into two unequal halves
and flows through the middle from west to east. Other Ganges tributaries are the
Son River, Budhi Gandak, Chandan, Orhani and Falgu. Though the Himalayas begin
at the foothills, a short distance inside Nepal and to the north of Bihar, the
mountains influence Bihar's landforms, climate, hydrology and culture. Central
parts of Bihar have some small hills, for example the Rajgir hills. To the south
is the Chota Nagpur plateau, which was part of Bihar until 2000 but now is part
of a separate state called Jharkhand.
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