write a detailed note on Indus River system
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- The Indus River flows from Tibet , into Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of Pakistan . The river is the greatest river on the western side of the subcontinent , and is one of the seven sacred rivers of Hindus. It was the birthplace of the early Indus Valley Civilization
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The Indus River flows from Tibet , into Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of Pakistan . The river is the greatest river on the western side of the subcontinent , and is one of the seven sacred rivers of Hindus. It was the birthplace of the early Indus Valley Civilization .
The Indus River (also called the Sindhū) is one of the longest rivers in Asia. It flows through China (western Tibet), India (Ladakh) and Pakistan.[1] Originating in the Tibetan Plateau in the vicinity of Lake Manasarovar, the river runs a course through the Ladakhregion 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.[2] It is the longest river of Pakistan.[3]
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Indus River at Skardu, Pakistan
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″N79°41′28″E • elevation4,255 m (13,960 ft)MouthArabian Sea (primary), Rann of Kutch(secondary)
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Indus River Delta(primary), Kori Creek(secondary), Pakistan, India
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23°59′40″N67°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 • average6,600 m3/s (230,000 cu ft/s) • minimum1,200 m3/s (42,000 cu ft/s) • maximum58,000 m3/s (2,000,000 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
Indus River in Kharmang District, Pakistan.
The river has a total drainage area exceeding 1,165,000 km2 (450,000 sq mi). Its estimated annual flow stands at around 243 km3(58 cu mi), twice that of the Nile River and three times that of the Tigris and Euphratesrivers combined, making it one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of annual flow.[4]The Zanskar is its left bank tributary in Ladakh. In the plains, its left bank tributary is the Panjnad which itself has five major tributaries, namely, the Chenab, 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 Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, the river supports ecosystems of temperate forests, plains and arid countryside.
The northern part of the Indus Valley, with its tributaries, forms the Punjab region, while the lower course of the river is known as Sindhand ends in a large delta. 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 hymns of the Hindu Rigveda as Sapta Sindhu and the Zoroastrian Avesta 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.