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The Likhu Khola has a length of about 75 km."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"river","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4022"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21000111#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Janakpur Zone (zone of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9152","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/janakpur-zone"},{"text":"Central Development Region (development region of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28579","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/central-development-region-nepal"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21000111#P131"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likhu_Khola","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21000111"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Likhu Khola located?","a":"Likhu Khola is located in Janakpur Zone, Central Development Region, Nepal."}],"related":[{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Rampur, Ramechhap","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/rampur-ramechhap","km":4.0},{"name":"Palapu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/palapu","km":5.9},{"name":"Sunam Pokhari","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sunam-pokhari","km":6.0},{"name":"Dudbhanjyang","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dudbhanjyang","km":6.1},{"name":"Himganga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himganga","km":6.6},{"name":"Khang Sang","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/khang-sang","km":6.8}],"image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Likhu-khola.JPG","width":640,"height":480,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Dskoich","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Likhu-khola.JPG"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Likhu Khola","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likhu_Khola","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): लिखू नदी","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q21000111","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21000111","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Likhu-khola.JPG by Dskoich (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Likhu-khola.JPG","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Likhu Khola, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Likhu-khola.JPG — Dskoich, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Likhu Khola\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/likhu-khola. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/likhu-khola","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/likhu-khola","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/likhu-khola?lang=ne"}}