The Indus Basin is the part of Asia drained by the Indus River and its tributaries. The basin covers an area of 1,120,000 km (430,000 sq mi) traversing four countries: Afghanistan , China , India , and Pakistan , with most of the area lying predominantly in the latter two countries.
13-797: The Indus River has two main tributaries: the Panjnad —formed by successive confluences of Sutlej , Beas , Ravi , Jhelum , and Chenab Rivers —and the Kabul , containing the waters of the Swat and Kunar Rivers , as well as others. The Indus and Sutlej originate on the Tibetan Plateau , the Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Jhelum originate in the Indian western Himalayas , and the Kabul and its tributaries originate in
26-530: A majority of the people living in the Indus Basin (around 61% of total) most of whom heavily depend on its rivers for their water needs. India contains another large portion (35%) of the Indus Basin's population. The remaining 4% live mostly in Afghanistan, representing a little less than a quarter of the country's population. The Indus Basin is the second most water stressed basin of the world. 93% of
39-668: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Pakistan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tarbela Lake Tarbela lake It is a reservoir formed by the Tarbela Dam , located 3 km south of Haripur , in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan . It is one of the biggest lakes of Pakistan. Being one of the biggest lakes of Pakistan, Tarbela Lake
52-562: Is dammed at Mangla and the Indus is dammed at Tarbela and Chashma creating the Mangla, Tarbela and Chashma reservoirs respectively. The water from these reservoirs as well as from various barrages are diverted to irrigate 26 million hectares (mha) of agricultural land, 16 mha in Pakistan and 10 mha in India. Panjnad The Panjnad River ( Punjabi and Urdu : پنجند ) is a river at
65-503: The Hindu Kush of eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. The Indus Basin lies in four countries: Pakistan, India, China, and Afghanistan. The largest portion of the basin, at 47%, lies in Pakistan while India contains the second biggest share at 39%. China and Afghanistan contain the remaining 14%. The Indus Basin spans the length of Pakistan, constitutes a majority (65%) of its area and forms part of all provinces and territories of
78-467: The Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakorum mountains. Rainfall contributes the remaining. On average, a little over half of the entire annual flow is received within the three months from July to September, when monsoonal rains combine with meltwater. As a result, the region has historically seen substantial flooding in the summer months. The Indus drainage supports some 237 million people. Pakistan contains
91-1033: The Ravi rivers join the Chenab River; the Beas River joins the Sutlej River; and the Sutlej and the Chenab rivers join to form the Panjnad River. It is 10 miles north of Uch Sharif in the Muzaffar Garh district. The combined stream runs southwest for approximately 44 miles and joins the Indus River at Mithankot . The Indus River continues and then drains into the Arabian Sea . A barrage on Panjnad has been erected which provides irrigation channels for Punjab and Sindh provinces south of
104-694: The Sutlej River and east of the Indus River. Beyond the confluence of the Indus and Panjnad rivers, the Indus River was known as Satnad (Sat = seven) carrying the waters of seven rivers including the Indus River, the five Punjab rivers, and the Kabul River . 28°57′N 70°30′E / 28.950°N 70.500°E / 28.950; 70.500 This article about a location in Bahawalpur District , Punjab, Pakistan
117-454: The country: Punjab , Sindh , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Balochistan , Azad Kashmir , and Gilgit-Baltistan , with all except Sindh and Balochistan located entirely within the basin. In India, the Indus Basin forms less than 14% of the territory but makes up the bulk of the northwestern part of the country including the states and union territories of Punjab , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Ladakh , Haryana , and Rajasthan , constituting
130-769: The extreme end of the Bahawalpur district in the Punjab province of Pakistan . The name Panjnad is derived from Sanskrit words pancha ("five") and nadī́ ("river") which means "five rivers". The Panjnad River is formed by the successive confluence or merger of the five rivers of Punjab : the Jhelum River , the Chenab River , the Ravi River, the Beas River and the Sutlej River . The Jhelum and
143-579: The lower basin consisting of the Indus Plains including the alluvial plains of the Punjab and Sindh. Most of the basin is arid or semi-arid, with the exception of the Himalayan foothills which receive significant rainfall. The basin contains the largest amount of perennial glacial ice outside of the polar regions. A majority of the runoff in the Indus drainage basin comes from meltwater —glacial melt contributing 41% and snowmelt providing 22%—of
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#1732772101290156-765: The water of the Indus Basin is used for irrigation of agricultural land. Many of the rivers of the Indus River system are dammed to create large reservoirs of water: in India the Satluj river is dammed at Bhakra creating the Gobind Sagar reservoir, the Beas at Pong creating the Maharana Pratap Sagar reservoir and the Ravi at Thein creating the Ranjit Sagar reservoir; while in Pakistan the Jhelum river
169-470: The whole or major portion of all of them except for the last. The Indus Basin consists of various topographical regions. A large part of the drainage basin is mountainous, and around 40% of its area lies above an elevation of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The basin can be divided into two wide physiographic divisions: the upper basin consisting of the mountainous regions of the Himalaya, Karakoram , Hindu Kush, Shiwalik , Suleiman , and Kirthar ranges; and
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