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  1. The Gandak
  2. Tista
  3. Kosi
  4. Mahakali
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Option 4 : Mahakali

The Sharda River or Mahakali River is also called Kali Ganga in Uttarakhand where the river demarcates Nepal's western border with India. This boundary was established by the 1816 Sugauli treaty.
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