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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Punjab (Land of Five Waters) is named for its five rivers, all tributaries of the Indus.
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The Indus rises in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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The Indus flows through the Indian-administered Ladakh.
Source Indus River (Wikipedia)
The Indus flows through the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan and south through several provinces of Pakistan.
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Punjab (Wikipedia)
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referring to the rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas. All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Sutlej being the largest.
Indus River (Wikipedia)
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The 3,180 km (1,980 mi) river rises in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China where it is known as Sengge Zangbo, flows northwest through the disputed Kashmir region, first through the Indian-administered Ladakh, and then the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan
Flows Through: China, Lead section
The 3,180 km (1,980 mi) river rises in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China where it is known as Sengge Zangbo, flows northwest through the disputed Kashmir region, first through the Indian-administered Ladakh, and then the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan
Flows Through: India, Lead section
flows northwest through the disputed Kashmir region, first through the Indian-administered Ladakh, and then the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan
Flows Through: Pakistan, Lead section
and then the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, bends sharply to the left after the Nanga Parbat massif, and flows south-by-southwest through several provinces of Pakistan.
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