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Lesson Status of Water Resources and
6.7
Its Utility in Nepal

FACTS “Water, water everywhere but no single drop of
to Understand water to drink.”
Only three rivers of Nepal, Sapta Koshi, Sapta Gandaki
and Karnali rivers can produce about 6,500 MW of
electricity out of 83,000 MW potentiality.

In terms of water resources, Nepal is the second richest country in the world after
Brazil. More than 6,000 rivers and rivulets flowing in the country, in which at least
1000 rivers are longer than 11 Km. Nepal has 2,02,000 million cubic metre volume
of water resources. The total of 74% volume of water resources is possessed by only
three big rivers, the Koshi, the Karnali and the Gandaki. This immense capacity of
water resources can be utilized to generate electricity, irrigate field and some other
purposes. Nepal has 83,000 MW electricity generation capacity, out of which 705 MW
of electricity produced. This is not even 1% of electricity produced in the country.
In the same way, water is not properly utilized for irrigation, recreational activities
as well as drinking purposes. In urban areas and in rural areas there is scarcity of
drinking water facilities. The development of nation largely depends on the electricity
and agriculture. So, the government must pay heed to improve them.

Sources of Water

river
There are many sources of water in Nepal. Broadly, it is categorized into two types.
They are surface water and categorized into two types. They are surface water and
underground water.

Surface water means river, pond, stream, lakes, etc. which are found in the land surface.
There are many lakes like Rara, Fewa, Rupa, Begnas, Tilicho, Sheyphoksundo, etc.

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