Editing Begusarai (section)

==Geography==
===Topography===
Begusarai is located at {{Coord|25.42|N|86.13|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Begusarai.html |title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Begusarai, India |website=www.fallingrain.com |access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 41&nbsp;metres (134&nbsp;feet). Begusarai lies in [[North Bihar]] and is surrounded by [[Khagaria]] in the northeast, [[Munger district|Munger]] in the southeast, [[Patna]] in the west, and [[Samastipur]] in the northwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.begusarai.bih.nic.in|title=Welcome to Begusarai !! District|website=www.begusarai.bih.nic.in|access-date=4 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521022638/http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/|archive-date=21 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Begusarai lies in the middle of the mid-[[Ganges|Ganga]] plain and generally has low-lying [[terrain]] with a south to south-easterly slope.<ref name=":0">The Subsurface Geology of the Indo-Gangetic plains M.B.R Rao, 1973, no:-3, vol-14, Journal of the Geological Society of India, pp-217-242.</ref> Begusarai is basically divided into three [[floodplains]]: the [[Ganges|Ganga]] floodplain, [[Budhi Gandaki River|Burhi Gandak]] floodplain, Kareha-[[Bagmati River|Bagmati]] floodplain.

===Flora and fauna===
[[File:Kanwar Lake Begusarai by Ziddi Photowala.jpg|thumb|Kanwar Lake Begusarai, a [[List of Ramsar sites in India|Ramsar Convention Site wetland]]]]
In 1989, Begusarai district became home to the Kanwar jheel'','' or [[Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary]], with an area of {{convert|63|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: Bihar|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|access-date=25 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>