The Indus River system this system includes the Indus and its tributaries like Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej, etc. the Indus originates from the Bokharchu Glacier near the Mansarovar lake in Tibet. it is 2880 km long and one of the largest rivers in the world. in Tibet, its called singi khamban. as per the Indus water treaty of 1960, between India and Pakistan, brokered by the world bank. India can use 20% water of Indus, Sutlej, and Jhelum while 80% of Chenab, Ravi, beas.
Tributaries of indus river:-
1. Jhelum River is a river that flows in India and Pakistan administrated Kashmir Punjab and Pakistan. It is the best and most of the five rivers of Punjab and passes through Srinagar district. it is a tributary of the Chenab river and has a total length of about 725 km.
The river Jhelum originates from verinag spring situated at the foot of the Pir Panjal in a South-Eastern part of the valley of Kashmir. It flows through Srinagar and the wular lake before entering Pakistan through a deep narrow Gorge. it joins Chennai near Jhang in Pakistan the Neelam river also called Kishan Ganga the largest tributary of Jhelum join it at domel Muzaffarabad, as does the next largest the kanhar river of the valley it also connects with the rest of Pakistan and Pak occupied Kashmir on Kohala Bridge east of circle bakote. it's then joined by the Poonch river and flows into the Mangla dam reservoir in a district of Mirpur. it then enters Punjab in the Jhelum district.
2. Chenab river traditionally known as Chandra Bhaga is a major river of India and Pakistan. the waters of the Chenab are located to Pakistan under the terms of an Indus water Treaty Chenab is formed by the confluence of Chandra and Bhaga and hence called Chandra Bhaga. they both meet at Tandi near Keylong in Himachal Pradesh. It flows for a distance of 1180 KM through Jammu and Kashmir before entering Pakistan.
3. Ravi river arises west of the Rohtang Pass in Kullu Hills of Himachal Pradesh and flows through the Chamba valley. it flows along the Indo Pak border of 80 kilometers before entering Pakistan. It is allocated to India under the Indus water treaty.
4. the Beas river is also known as the bias (Sanskrit vipasha; Greek hyphasis) it is an important tributary of Indus and originates from Beas Kund near Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh. Its total length is 470km and its drainage basin is 20,303 square km large. the river rises 4361 meters above sea level on the southern face of Rohtang Pass in Kullu. It traverses the mandi district and enters the Kangra district at sandhol and all 590 above sea level. it then flows for about four 70 kilometers to the Sutlej river in the Indian state of Punjab. it meets Sutlej at Harike. On 17th May 2018 and aquatic animals were found dead due to the release of molasses from a sugar mill located on its shore of Kiri afghana(gurdaspur).
5. the Sutlej river is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads reason of Punjab in Northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej river is also known as it is the easternmost tributary of the Indus river. It is an antecedent river. The water of Sutlej are allocated to India under the Indus water treaty between India and Pakistan and are mostly diverted to irrigation canals in India. Its total length is 1,050 km in India. The source of the Sutlej is near lake rakshastal near Mansarovar in Tibet. from there, under the Name langqen zangbo (elephant river). Its flows from about 400 kilometers parallel to Indus it passes through Shipki La Pass entering India in Himachal Pradesh state then it turns slightly heading West Southwest for about 160 km to meet the Beas river near harike in Ferozepur Punjab.
