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A major river of South Asia rising in Tibet and flowing through the disputed Kashmir region and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea, giving its name to the ancient Indus Valley civilization that arose along its banks. It remains central to Pakistan's agriculture through an extensive irrigation canal system.

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