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"Indus Valley" redirects here. For the Bronze Age civilisation, see Indus Valley Civilisation.
For the constellation, see Indus (constellation).
"Indus" and "Sindhu" redirect here. For other uses, see Indus (disambiguation) and Sindhu (disambiguation).
The Indus River (called Sindhū in Sanskrit with cognates in most Indic languages)[1][2] is one of the main rivers of the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the Indian subcontinent.[3] It flows through China (western Tibet), India, and Pakistan.[4] Originating in the Tibetan Plateau in the vicinity of Lake Manasarovar, the river runs a course through the Ladakh region of India[a] towards Gilgit-Baltistan, and then flows in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh.[5] The Indus is the longest river of Pakistan.[6]
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Satellite image of the Indus River basin in Pakistan and India
(International boundaries are superimposed)

Map of the Indus River [1]
LocationCountryChina, India, PakistanStateLadakh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, TibetCitiesLeh, Skardu, Dasu, Besham, Thakot, Swabi, Dera Ismail Khan, Sukkur, HyderabadPhysical characteristicsSourceSênggê Zangbo • locationTibetan Plateau2nd sourceGar TsangpoSource confluence • locationShiquanhe, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet and India • coordinates32°29′54″N 79°41′28″E • elevation4,255 m (13,960 ft)MouthArabian Sea (primary), Rann of Kutch (secondary)
• location
Indus River Delta (primary), Kori Creek (secondary), Pakistan, India
• coordinates
23°59′40″N 67°25′51″E
• elevation
0 m (0 ft)Length3,180 km (1,980 mi) as Mapped. 3,249 km (2,019 mi) actual as mentioned in History Books.Basin size1,165,000 km2 (450,000 sq mi)Discharge • locationArabian Sea • average6,930 m3/s (245,000 cu ft/s) • minimum1,200 m3/s (42,000 cu ft/s) • maximum58,000 m3/s (2,000,000 cu ft/s)Discharge • locationTarbela Dam Outflow • minimum2,469 m3/s (87,200 cu ft/s)Basin featuresTributaries • leftZanskar River, Suru River, Soan River, Jhelum River, Chenab River, Ravi River, Beas River, Sutlej River, Panjnad River, Ghaggar-Hakra River, Luni River • rightShyok River, Hunza River, Gilgit River, Swat River, Kunar River, Kabul River, Kurram River, Gomal River, Zhob River
The river has a total drainage area exceeding 1,165,000 km2 (450,000 sq mi). Its estimated annual flow is around 243 km3 (58 cu mi), twice that of the Nile and three times that of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers combined, making it one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of average annual flow.[7] Its left-bank tributary in Ladakh is the Zanskar River, and its left-bank tributary in the plains is the Panjnad River which itself has five major tributaries, namely the Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers. Its principal right-bank tributaries are the Shyok, Gilgit, Kabul, Kurram and Gomal rivers. Beginning in a mountain spring and fed with glaciers and rivers in the Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, the river supports the ecosystems of temperate forests, plains and arid countryside.
The northern part of the Indus Valley, with its tributaries, forms the Punjab region of South Asia, while the lower course of the river ends in a large delta in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan. The river has historically been important to many cultures of the region. The 3rd millennium BC saw the rise of a major urban civilization of the Bronze Age. During the 2nd millennium BC, the Punjab region was mentioned in the Rigveda hymns as Sapta Sindhu and in the Avesta religious texts as Hapta Hindu (both terms meaning "seven rivers"). Early historical kingdoms that arose in the Indus Valley include Gandhāra, and the Ror dynasty of Sauvīra. The Indus River came into the knowledge of the West early in the classical period, when King Darius of Persia sent his Greek subject Scylax of Caryanda to explore the river, c. 515 BC.