The easternmost of the five rivers that give Punjab its name, rising in Tibet and flowing through India and Pakistan to join the Indus system. Its waters are heavily allocated for irrigation under the Indus Waters Treaty between the two countries.
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Source Sutlej (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Sutlej River
Wikidata Q171675, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Sutlej (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Formation statement for target 23636Quote, Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Formation statement for target 23636
Geologists believe that tectonic activity created elevation changes which redirected the flow of Sutlej from the southeast to the southwest.
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