Likhu Khola

Liku (Likhu)
Himganga, Sanokoshi
Khola
Liku (Likhu) Serse
Source Glacier Zurmoche, Sun Kosi, Thamakoshi and Tamur, Saptakoshi
 - location Sagarmatha, Janakpur, Nepal
 - coordinates 27°15′2.8″N 86°12′16.91″E / 27.250778°N 86.2046972°E / 27.250778; 86.2046972

The Likhu Khola is a left tributary of the Sun Koshi in the Himalayas in eastern Nepal. Likhu or Liku in the Sunuwar language (Li- top, Ku-water) means Top (Hill) Water.

The river is the glacier Zurmoche on the southern slope of Likhu Chuli. It flows in direction southsouthwest mainly through the mountains. He flows along the border between the administrative regions Ramechhap in the west and the east Okhaldhunga Sagarmatha. The catchment area of Likhu Khola bordered on the west by that of Tamakoshi and on the east by that of Dudh Kosi. The Likhu Khola has a length of about 75 km away.

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    1. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386f/pdf/F6_Nepal.pdf
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