The Sharda River mahākālī nadī or Mahakali River is also called Kali Gad Kali Ganga in Uttarakhand where the river demarcates Nepal’s western border with India. This boundary was established by the 1816 Sugauli treaty. The name is sometimes written “Sarda”.
The river descends from 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) at Kalapani to 200 metres (660 ft) as it enters the Terai plains, offering an unrealized potential for hydroelectric power generation. The river is also proposed as source for one of the many projects in the Himalayan component of the Indian Rivers Inter-link project.