The parallel Deukhuri and Dang Valleys are in the Rapti Zone of mid-western Nepal, in the Dang Deokhuri district . Both valleys have large Tharu populations and are used as winter pasture by Kham Magar from the hills.
The Deukhuri Valley is the longer but narrower valley where the West Rapti river emerges from its gorge through the Mahabharat Range and is constrained to flow WNW along the axis of the Siwalik Range between the Dundwa subrange to the south and the Dang subrange to the north. It flows some 130 km in this direction until the Dundwa range falls away near Nepalganj and the river can resume flowing SE toward the Ganges. Mahendra Highway which crosses Nepal east to west follows the Deukhuri Valley.
The Deukhuri Valley is the longer but narrower valley where the West Rapti river emerges from its gorge through the Mahabharat Range and is constrained to flow WNW along the axis of the Siwalik Range between the Dundwa subrange to the south and the Dang subrange to the north. It flows some 130 km in this direction until the Dundwa range falls away near Nepalganj and the river can resume flowing SE toward the Ganges. Mahendra Highway which crosses Nepal east to west follows the Deukhuri Valley.
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