Markanda is a small river of Nahan area of the Sirmaur district. It rises from the Southern face of the lower Himalayas on the Western ranges of the Kiarda dun or Paonta valley. The lower Himalayan hills of Nahan are on the right side of the Markanda valley while the low rolling Shivalik hills lie on its left flank. It is a rain fed river and has extremely low flow in the winter and summer months, but rises suddenly in the monsoon.
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