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 Published On Premiered Oct 31, 2020

INDUS RIVER SYSTEM
Originates:
Kailash range in Tibet near mansarovar Lake at Bokhrachu glacier.
In Tibet it is known as singe Kham ban At an altitude of 5150 m.
Drainage area:
Total: 116 5500 square kilometer
India: 321 289 square kilometer
Length: - total: 2880 kilometre
India: 709 kilometre
Countries :
Tibet, China, India and Pakistan.
Flows between ladakh and zaskar range.
Passes through ladakh and baltistan.
Forms Gorge near gilgit.
It enters into Pakistan near chillar in the dartistan region.
Indus water treaty – 1960- Karachi
Between Nehru and ayubkhan (Pakistan).
East flows: Ravi ,Beas and Sutlej
west flows: Indus Jhelum chenub Pakistan
Tributaries:
Right Bank
Shyok, hunza, gilgit, swat, Kunar, Kabul, pochi and sangar and see much more....

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