The village is situated on the east river bank of Rapti and South of Sarua Tal (lake).
Floods are a known hazard of U.P. due to overflowing of its main rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Ramganga, Gomti, Sharda, Ghaghra, Rapti and Gandak.
The village is located in Morawang VDC Ward No 8 &9, Rukum district, Rapti zone of Mid-Western Nepal.
East Rapti River, a small river draining the Chitwan (inner Terai) valley in Nepal, flowing west to join the Narayani (Gandaki) River a short distance north of the Indian border
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West Rapti River, a river rising in Rapti Zone, in Nepal's Middle Hills between the Karnali and Gandaki basins, cutting through the Mahabharat Range, flowing west through Deukhuri valley, then SE down the Indo-Gangetic Plains to join the Ghaghara.
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Rapti Zone, in Nepal, a first order administrative district about 200 km west of Kathmandu
Rapti Zone | Rapti | West Rapti River | ''Rapti'' | East Rapti River |
In one of these battles by the river Rapti the 7th won their second Victoria Cross when as the regiment were pursuing a band of rebels over the river, they came under heavy fire from the far bank and notwithstanding the peril Major Charles Fraser dived into the river to save three non-swimmers stranded in the middle of the sandbank.
In the north and west of the protected area the Narayani-Rapti river system forms a natural boundary to human settlements.
This Rapti must not be confused with the West Rapti River some 200 km further west flowing through the Deukhuri Valley in the Rapti Zone.
Kham are descriptive terms invented by academic linguists and anthropologists for a nationality in the Middle Hills of mid-western Nepal inhabiting highlands extending through eastern Rukum and northern Salyan, Rolpa and Pyuthan Districts in Rapti Zone as well as adjacent parts of Dhaulagiri and Bheri Zones.
Pipal, Nepal, a village development committee in Rukum District in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal.
Rohni River, or Rohini River, in South Central Nepal, tributary to the West Rapti River