Sutlej River

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Satluj
View of Sutlej River - panoramio.jpg
View of Sutlej River
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Path of the Sutlej
Location
CountryChina, India, Pakistan
StateTibet, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab (India), Punjab (Pakistan)
Physical characteristics
SourceLangchen Khambab
 • locationTibet
 • coordinates30°50′39″N 81°12′17″E / 30.84417°N 81.20472°E / 30.84417; 81.20472
 • elevation4,575 m (15,010 ft)
MouthConfluence with Chenab to form the Panjnad River
 • location
Near Khairpur, Bahawalpur district, Punjab, Pakistan
 • coordinates
29°23′23″N 71°3′42″E / 29.38972°N 71.06167°E / 29.38972; 71.06167Coordinates: 29°23′23″N 71°3′42″E / 29.38972°N 71.06167°E / 29.38972; 71.06167
 • elevation
102 m (335 ft)
Length1,450 km (900 mi) approx.
Basin size395,000 km2 (153,000 sq mi)approx.
Discharge 
 • locationRopar[1]
 • average500 m3/s (18,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBaspa
 • rightSpiti, Beas

The Sutlej River, alternatively spelled as Satluj River, is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej River is also known as Satadree.[2] It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River.The Bhakra Dam is built around the river Sutlej to provide irrigation and other facilities to the states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.

The waters of the Sutlej are allocated to India under the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan, and are mostly diverted to irrigation canals in India to include Sirhind canal, Bhakra Main Line and Rajasthan canal .[3] The mean annual flow is 14 million acre feet (MAF) upstream of Ropar barrage, downstream of the Bhakra dam.[4] It has several major hydroelectric points, including the 1,325 MW Bhakra Dam, the 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant, and the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Dam.[5] The drainage basin is mainly in India's Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana states.[6][7]

  1. "Sutlej valley". The Free Dictionary.
  2. Asiatic Society of Bengal (1848). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 17, Part 1. p. 210, paragraph two.
  3. [1] Archived 31 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Page 290, The Ravi- Beas Water Tribunal Report (1987)" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. "Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project, India". power-technology.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.[unreliable source?]
  6. "Lower Sutlej basin area" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named WRIS geo-visualization
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