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Arun River

The 800th longest river in the world

530 km

The Arun River (Nepali) is a trans-boundary river that is part of the Koshi or Sapta Koshi river system in Nepal. It originates in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China where it is called the Phung Chu or Bum-chu.

Flows through: People's Republic of China.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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