Saharsa

Saharsa is a city and municipal corporation in the Saharsa District in the eastern part of the state of Bihar, India, near the eastern banks of the Kosi River. The English Wikipedia article says it is the administrative headquarters of the district and the divisional headquarters of the Kosi Division, that the regional language of the city is Maithili, and that the average elevation is 41 metres. It notes that the Koshi River and its tributaries flood annually, affecting about 21,000 square kilometres of fertile land, and that the river has the epithet Sorrow of Bihar.