Key Facts about Sutlej River
14-09-2023
06:41 AM
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Overview:
Weeks of heavy monsoon rains flooded farmland and hundreds of villages along the Sutlej River in Pakistan and India recently.
About Sutlej River
- It is the longest of the five tributaries of the Indus River.
- It is also known as "Satadree".
- Origin: It rises on the north slope of the Himalayas in Lake Rakshastal in southwestern Tibet at an elevation above 15,000 feet (4,600 metres).
- The Sutlej River is primarily located to the north of the Vindhya Range, east of the Pakistani Central Makran Range and south of the Hindu Kush region.
- Course:
- The river enters India by flowing west and southwestwards through the Shipki La Pass in Himachal Pradesh at an altitude of 6,608 metres.
- The river then flows through Punjab near Nangal before meeting the Beas River. The merger of these two rivers goes on to form 105 Km of the India-Pakistan border.
- The river continues to flow for another 350 Km before joining the Chenab River.
- The combination of the Sutlej and Chenab Rivers form the Panjnad, which finally flows into the Indus River.
- Length: It has a total length of 1550 km, out of which 529 km is in Pakistan.
- Tributaries: It has many tributaries, with Baspa, Spiti, Nogli Khad and Soan River being its main ones.
- Water from the Sutlej River has been allocated to India according to the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960.
- There are several major hydroelectric projects on the Sutlej, including the 1,000 MW Bhakra Dam, the 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant, and the 1,530 MW Nathpa Jhakri Dam.
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Q1) Which are the main tributaries of the Indus River?
Its principal left-bank tributaries include the Zaskar River, Suru River, Soan River, Jhelum River, Chenab River, Ravi River, Beas River, Satluj River, and Panjnad River.