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The Indus (known as Sindhu in ancient times) is the principal river of Pakistan. It flows from the Himalayas, a famous mountain in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, which is also known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan and goes through out Pakistan and finally meets the Arabian Sea in the Sindh province and is interestingly named after it, not the origional source the Gilgit-Baltistan. This mighty river has given benifit to rest of Pakistan but still there is no sufficent electicity in the area from where it flows and thus Gilgit-Baltistan is the only region under the federation of Pakistan where no industry exists literally and 90% people live below the poverty line but still they love Pakistan and want to be the fifth province of the country.

Once upon a time, the legendary Indus Valley Civilization was one of the oldest urban civilizations in the world. The ultimate source of the Indus is actually in Tibet; it begins at the confluence of the Sengge River and Gar River that drain the Nganglong Kangri and Gangdise Shan ranges. The Indus then flows northwest through Kashmir just south of the Karakoram range, then gradually bends to the south, coming out of the hills between Peshawar and Rawalpindi. It is dammed in this area also, forming the Tarbela Reservoir. The remainder of its route to the sea is in plains of the Punjab and Sind, and the river becomes slow-flowing highly braided. Passing by Hyderabad, it ends in a large delta to the southeast of Karachi that has now been recognised by conservationists as one of the world's most important ecological regions.

The Indus River Dolphin, modern genetic studies show, lives both in the Indus River and in the Ganges. The two populations were formerly considered distinct species. It formerly occurred in the tributaries of the Indus also and may have extended into the northwestern extremities of the Indian Province of Punjab.

The Indus is one of the few rivers in the world that exhibit a tidal bore.

Govt. of India organizes Sindhu Darshan festival on the banks of Indus river in Ladakh every year to promote tourism in Kashmir.

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External Links

  • The Changing Northern Areas ]
  • Pakistan's Northern Areas dilemma]
  • Northern Areas Development Gateway]
  • Pakistan's Northern Areas ]
  • Northern Pakistan's Karakoram & Hindukush Mountains ]
  • The Mountain Areas Conservancy Project ]
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