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'''West Rapti''', also known as the '''Kuwano''' drains [[Rapti Zone]] in [[Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal|Mid-Western Region, Nepal]], then [[Awadh]] and [[Purvanchal]] regions of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state, [[India]] before joining the [[Ghaghara]]—a major left bank tributary of the [[Ganges]] known as the Karnali inside Nepal.
The West Rapti is notable for [[Adivasi|''janajati'']] ethnic groups – [[Kham Magar]] among its highland sources and then [[Tharu people|Tharu]] in [[Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal|Inner Terai]] [[Deukhuri]] Valley, for its irrigation and hydroelectric potential, and for recurrent floods that led to its nickname "Gorakhpur's Sorrow".
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