Floods in Bihar construction of 3731 km of embankments. North Bihar is a playfield of eight major rivers. All these rivers end up in Ganges. Floods in Bihar Bihar is India's most flood-prone State, with 76% of the population in the North Bihar living under the recurring threat of flood devastation. According to some historical data, 16.5% of the total flood affected area in India is located in Bihar while 22.1% of the flood affected population in India lives in Bihar. About out of total geographical area of comprising 73.06% is flood affected. Floods in Bihar are a recurring disaster which on an
Provinces of Korea district ("Ginae;" 기내; ) and twelve administrative districts ("Mok;" 목; )" (Nahm 1988), which were soon redivided into ten provinces ("Do"). In 1009 the country was again redivided, this time into one royal district, five provinces ("Do") and two frontier districts ("Gye;" 계; ?). After the Joseon Dynasty's rise to power and the formation of Joseon in 1392, the country was redivided into eight new provinces ("Do") in 1413. The provincial boundaries closely reflected major regional and dialect boundaries, and are still often referred to in Korean today simply as the Eight Provinces ("Paldo"). In 1895, as part of the