Mahakali/Sharda Handoff · Nepal Energy Wiki

Summary

This marker explains where the far-western Nepal-linked route stops being only a border-river story and starts becoming part of the wider downstream Ganges geography.

Simple Explanation

The Mahakali/Sharda route begins as a highly political Nepal-India border river. This marker shows how that western route continues into the downstream plains system instead of remaining only a bilateral border issue.

Why It Matters

The Mahakali Basin is already politically sensitive because it is a border river tied to sovereignty, irrigation, and the Pancheshwar/Mahakali treaty frame. Downstream, the route joins the Sharda-Ghaghara-Ganges logic rather than staying a self-contained Nepal-India border question.

How To Read The Marker

Use it as an orientation point for Layer: Nepal-Origin Routes To Ocean, not as a surveyed confluence coordinate. Its job is to show the western handoff from Nepal-linked hydrology into the northern plains.

Caveat

This is a strategic route marker. It does not model local withdrawals, barrages, canals, or exact flow contribution.

Common Misunderstandings

The marker is not a surveyed confluence coordinate. It is an orientation point for the downstream route.
It does not model treaty allocation or canal operations. Those questions sit outside this map marker.
It does not make the western route identical to the central and eastern routes. It only shows where the downstream geography starts to overlap.