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Chitwan Valley

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The Chitwan Valley is an Inner Terai valley in southern Nepal, spanning the districts of Makwanpur, Chitwan and Nawalpur and forming part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion. It runs about 150 kilometers long and 30 to 48 kilometers wide, drained by the East Rapti River, which rises in the Mahabharat Range near Hetauda and flows west through the valley, forming the eastern boundary of Chitwan National Park for about 70 kilometers before joining the Narayani River, the Nepali name for the Gandaki, a tributary of the Ganges. Hetauda, Ratnanagar, Narayangarh and Bharatpur are its main towns. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Chitwan Valley

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Source Wikidata: Chitwan Valley
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1. Chitwan Valley (Wikipedia)
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The Chitwan Valley is drained by the East Rapti River, which flows from the eastern Mahabharat Range into the valley near Hetauda, where it turns west and flows along the axis of the valley.
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