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Climate Change Impact on River Dynamics of the Bagmati Basin, Kathmandu Nepal

Rivers are significant geomorphological agent, which shows diversity of form and behavior and quickly respond to disturbances acting against their system. The Bagmati River of the Kathmandu Valley originates from eastern hill Nagarkot in Sudal is the 7th order drainage and stretches about 51 km and flows over the Valley covering 678 km2 of watershed. This river have been suffering from unmanaged urbanization and industrialization, growing population pressure on catchment of river causes destruction of natural phenomenon of river.