Which of the following is the breeding site for Gharials in Bihar?

The correct answer is Gandak river

Key Points

• The Gandak River in Bihar has become the second successful breeding site for gharials in India after the Chambal sanctuary.
• The survey found 217 gharials in the river, up from 30 in 2014.
• The Gandak River was identified as a nesting habitat of the critically endangered gharials for the first time in 2016.
• Since 2018, gharial nesting has become a permanent feature in the river in every nesting year and the river has become an important gharial population with breeding records.

Additional Information

Gandak river

• Gandak River originates from the north of Dhaulagiri in Tibet near Nepal and enters into the Indian Territory near Treveni town in Nepal.
• Gandak flows in a southern direction and forms a boundary between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Gandak drains its water in West Champaran, East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Gopalgunj, Siwan, Saran, and Vaishali districts of Bihar.
• It is the Triveni Canal that gets water from the Gandak River.

Punpun river

• Punpun River is a tributary of Ganga.
• It originates in the Palamu district of Jharkhand.
• The other main tributaries of the Ganga River are the Son River, Ghaghara River, Gomti River, and Yamuna River.
• River son joins at just above Patna.

Ajay river

• ​It originates in the Jamui district in Bihar.
• It flows through Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.