give and detailed account on water resources of Jammu and Kashmir
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Jammu and Kashmir has many lakes, rivers, and glaciers. Significant rivers that flow through Jammu & Kashmir from the Himalayas are Jhelum, Chenab, Sutlej, Ravi and Indus. These river basins are located at a higher elevation facilitating huge hydro power potential. ... There are around 1230 water bodies in Jammu & Kashmir.
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Detailed account on water resources of Jammu and Kashmir
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- About 1230 water resources are found in the state of J and K are lakes, rivers glaciers and may waterbodies. The flow of Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, and Sutlej form the Himalayas are located in the highest elevations.
- The major source of water in the valley is the Jhelum river it has tributary as Chenab river and has a length of 725 km.
- It flows through the Srinagar and wular lake before entering Pakistan. The Neelam river another tributary of Jhelum is the largest river of the Kangan valley.
- Apart from that various lakes as Dal, Mansabal, anchar, and ganagabla are found in the state.
- The Indus river is a major water resource of the Pakistan economy and has a length of 3,180 meters and a basin of 1,165,000 km sq. It has various small and large tributary as zhob river, shyok river, gar river systems.
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