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Indus River System

The Indus River System

  • The river Indus originates in Tibet; near Lake Mansarowar. It enters India in the Ladakh district of Jammu & Kashmir.
  • Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok and Hunza are the main tributaries which join the Indus in Kashmir region.
  • After flowing through Baltistan and Gilgit, the Indus emerges from the mountains at Attock.
  • Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum join together and enter the Indus near Mithankot in Pakistan. After that, the Indus flows southwards and finally reaches the Arabian Sea, east of Karachi.
  • Indus is 2900 km long. The Indus plain has a very gentle slope. A little over one-third of the Indus basin is located in India; in the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The rest of the portion is in Pakistan.

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