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	The Mechi originates in the [[Mahabharat Range]] in Nepal. It flows through Nepal, forms the boundary between India and Nepal and then flows through the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Bihar]] to join the Mahananda in [[Kishanganj district]].<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://emily7787.wikispaces.com/file/view/Five+Themes+of+Geography+Master.pdf\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718051221/http://emily7787.wikispaces.com/file/view/Five+Themes+of+Geography+Master.pdf\| url-status=dead\| archive-date=2011-07-18\| title=Five Themes of Geography\| work=Rivers\| access-date=2010-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://kishanganj.bih.nic.in/river.htm \|title=Kishanganj district \|publisher=Kishanganj district administration \|access-date=2010-05-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408074040/http://kishanganj.bih.nic.in/river.htm \|archive-date=2010-04-08 }}</ref>		The Mechi originates in the [[Mahabharat Range]] in Nepal. It flows through Nepal, forms the boundary between India and Nepal and then flows through the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Bihar]] to join the Mahananda in [[Kishanganj district]].<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://emily7787.wikispaces.com/file/view/Five+Themes+of+Geography+Master.pdf\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718051221/http://emily7787.wikispaces.com/file/view/Five+Themes+of+Geography+Master.pdf\| url-status=dead\| archive-date=2011-07-18\| title=Five Themes of Geography\| work=Rivers\| access-date=2010-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://kishanganj.bih.nic.in/river.htm \|title=Kishanganj district \|publisher=Kishanganj district administration \|access-date=2010-05-22 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408074040/http://kishanganj.bih.nic.in/river.htm \|archive-date=2010-04-08 }}</ref>

	The Mechi-Mahananda interfluve is a transitional area between the hills and the plains and exhibits a wide range of topographical variations. The rivers originating in the hills attain a braiding character and have well developed alluvial fans.<ref>{{cite journal\| title =Groundwater study in the Piedmont zone of Mechi Mahananda interfluve in Darjiling district, West Bengal using remote sensing techniques \| journal = Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing\| last= M.M.Jana and M. Dutta \| year =1996 \| volume =24 \| pages =43–52 \| publisher = Springerlink \| doi =10.1007/BF03023891 \| s2cid =140179442 }}</ref>		The Mechi-Mahananda interfluve is a transitional area between the hills and the plains and exhibits a wide range of topographical variations. The rivers originating in the hills attain a braiding character and have well-developed alluvial fans.<ref>{{cite journal\| title =Groundwater study in the Piedmont zone of Mechi Mahananda interfluve in Darjiling district, West Bengal using remote sensing techniques \| journal = Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing\| last= M.M.Jana and M. Dutta \| year =1996 \| volume =24 \| pages =43–52 \| publisher = Springerlink \| doi =10.1007/BF03023891 \| s2cid =140179442 }}</ref>

	The Mahananda river system of which Mechi is a part has a catchment area of {{convert\|8088\|km2}} in Nepal and {{convert\|11520\|km2}} in India.<ref name=google>{{cite book\|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cgYwDW13ILoC&q=mechi+river&pg=PA465\| title =The Nepal-India Water Relationship: Challenges \| last= Dwarika N. Dhungel, Santa B. Pun\| date =18 January 2009 \| isbn =9781402084034 \|access-date = 2010-05-18}}</ref>		The Mahananda river system of which Mechi is a part has a catchment area of {{convert\|8088\|km2}} in Nepal and {{convert\|11520\|km2}} in India.<ref name=google>{{cite book\|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cgYwDW13ILoC&q=mechi+river&pg=PA465\| title =The Nepal-India Water Relationship: Challenges \| last= Dwarika N. Dhungel, Santa B. Pun\| date =18 January 2009 \| isbn =9781402084034 \|access-date = 2010-05-18}}</ref>
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	[[Category:Rivers of ~~the~~ Province ~~No. 1]]~~		[[Category:Rivers of Koshi Province]]
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{{About|the river|the region|Mechi Zone}}
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The '''Mechi River''' is a [[trans-boundary river]] flowing through [[Nepal]] and [[India]]. It is a tributary of the [[Mahananda River]].

==Course==
The Mechi originates in the [[Mahabharat Range]] in Nepal. It flows through Nepal, forms the boundary between India and Nepal and then flows through the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]] to join the Mahananda in [[Kishanganj district]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://emily7787.wikispaces.com/file/view/Five+Themes+of+Geography+Master.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718051221/http://emily7787.wikispaces.com/file/view/Five+Themes+of+Geography+Master.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2011-07-18| title=Five Themes of Geography| work=Rivers| access-date=2010-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kishanganj.bih.nic.in/river.htm |title=Kishanganj district |publisher=Kishanganj district administration |access-date=2010-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408074040/http://kishanganj.bih.nic.in/river.htm |archive-date=2010-04-08 }}</ref>

The Mechi-Mahananda interfluve is a transitional area between the hills and the plains and exhibits a wide range of topographical variations. The rivers originating in the hills attain a braiding character and have well developed alluvial fans.<ref>{{cite journal| title =Groundwater study in the Piedmont zone of Mechi Mahananda interfluve in Darjiling district, West Bengal using remote sensing techniques | journal = Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing| last= M.M.Jana and M. Dutta | year =1996 | volume =24 | pages =43–52 | publisher = Springerlink | doi =10.1007/BF03023891 | s2cid =140179442 }}</ref>

The Mahananda river system of which Mechi is a part has a catchment area of {{convert|8088|km2}} in Nepal and {{convert|11520|km2}} in India.<ref name=google>{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cgYwDW13ILoC&q=mechi+river&pg=PA465| title =The Nepal-India Water Relationship: Challenges | last= Dwarika N. Dhungel, Santa B. Pun| date =18 January 2009 | isbn =9781402084034 |access-date = 2010-05-18}}</ref>

===Embankments===
Embankments exist of the left bank of the Mechi River for {{convert|14|km|mi|0}} in [[West Bengal]]. These need remodelling to prevent floods in the [[Naxalbari]] area of [[Darjeeling district]].<ref name=google/> There also is a need for new embankments. As the Mechi forms the international border, it was agreed at a meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Standing Technical Committee to take due care in aligning the embankments so that they would be at identified distance from the border and the top levels of the embankments should be kept same on both sides, as far as practicable.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.moir.gov.np/pdf_files/minutes_of_the_second_meeting_of_JSTC.pdf | title =Minutes of the Second Meeting of Nepal-India Joint Standing Technical Committee (JSTC) held on 30-31 March 2010 at Kathmandu |access-date = 2010-05-18}}</ref>

==River linking==
There is a proposal to link the Mechi to the [[Koshi River|Kosi]]. Kosi–Mechi interlinking is part of a [[NPR]] 56000 billion River Interlinking Project proposed to [[Nepal]] by India. The Kankai forms part of this project. Besides the High Dam, a barrage across Kosi river will also be constructed near village Chatra, {{convert|10|to|12|km|mi|0}} below the proposed Kosi High Dam, to transfer water to the Mechi through the Kosi–Mechi link canal.<ref name=google/><ref>{{cite web| url =http://wrd.bih.nic.in/interlink_rivers.html| title =Inter linking of rivers| access-date =2010-05-18| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163434/http://wrd.bih.nic.in/interlink_rivers.html| archive-date =2011-07-21}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Nepal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Hydrography of Nepal}}
{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}
{{Rivers in Bihar}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Rivers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Rivers of Bihar]]
[[Category:International rivers of Asia]]
[[Category:Rivers of the Province No. 1]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]