Question

short note on indus and its characteristics

Answer 1

The Indus River  is a major south-flowing river in South Asia, particularly Pakistan. The total length of the river is 3,610 km (1,988 mi) which makes it one of the longest rivers in Asia. Originating in the western part of Tibet in the vicinity of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, the river runs a course through northern India (Ladakh), into northern Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), and then flows along the entire length of Pakistini Punjab to merge into the Arabian Seanear the city of Thatta in Sindh. It is the longest river and national river of Pakistan.

 The Zanskar is its left bank tributary in Ladakh. In the plains, its left bank tributary is the Chenab which itself has four major tributaries, namely, the Jhelum, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej. Its principal right bank tributaries are the Shyok, the Gilgit, the Kabul, the Gomal, and the Kurram. Beginning in a mountain spring and fed with glaciers and rivers in the Himalayas, the river supports ecosystems of temperate forests, plains and arid countryside.

The Indus forms the delta of present-day Pakistan mentioned in the Vedic Rigveda as Sapta Sindhu and the Iranian Zend Avesta as Hapta Hindu (both terms meaning "seven rivers"). The river has been a source of wonder since the Classical Period, with King Darius of Persia sending his Greek subject Scylax of Caryanda to explore the river as early as 510 BC.