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<div>{{short description|River in southern Nepal and India}}<br />
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| source1_location = [[Sivalik Hills]], [[Nepal]]<br />
| mouth_location = [[Bagmati River]] at Katra [[Muzaffarpur district]]<br />
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| subdivision_name1 = [[India]], [[Nepal]]<br />
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The '''Lakhandei River''' is a river in southern [[Nepal]] and in the state of [[Bihar]] in [[India]]. It is a main tributary of the [[Bagmati River]].<ref name="nepal1">{{Cite web |url=http://nidm.gov.in/idmc/Proceedings/Flood/B2-%2023.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226135508/http://nidm.gov.in/idmc/Proceedings/Flood/B2-%2023.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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In Nepal, the river basin lies in the [[Sarlahi District]], and the river originates in the [[Sivalik Hills]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.proventionconsortium.org/?pageid=41&regionid=20&winnerid=74 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713072405/http://www.proventionconsortium.org/?pageid=41&regionid=20&winnerid=74 |archive-date=2007-07-13 }}</ref> The river enters India in the [[Sitamarhi district]] of [[Bihar]], and flows through the town of [[Sitamarhi]]. It floods heavily in sitamarhi.It then enters the [[Muzaffarpur district]], and joins the Bagmati at Katra (within the Muzaffarpur district).before joining baghmati river split in two parts one part join baghmati while another one remain open & known as kali khadai near khangura village.<ref>http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/dec102003/1596.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~rsinha/PDF%27s/2004_anabranching_GEOMOR.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052445/http://home.iitk.ac.in/~rsinha/PDF's/2004_anabranching_GEOMOR.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The Lankhandei is known for flooding.<ref name="nepal1"/><ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/flood-situation-worsens-in-bihar-as-another-river-breaches/497395/</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of rivers in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Hydrography of Nepal}}<br />
{{Rivers in Bihar}}<br />
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[[Category:Rivers of the Province No. 2]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Rivers of India]]<br />
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