Chenab River

Chenab
River
Country	India, Pakistan
Source	Bara Lacha pass
- coordinates	32°38′09″N 77°28′51″E / 32.63583°N 77.48083°E / 32.63583; 77.48083
Mouth	Confluence with Sutlej to form the Panjnad River
- location	Bahawalpur district, Punjab, Pakistan
- coordinates	29°20′57″N 71°1′41″E / 29.34917°N 71.02806°E / 29.34917; 71.02806Coordinates: 29°20′57″N 71°1′41″E / 29.34917°N 71.02806°E / 29.34917; 71.02806
Length	960 km (597 mi) approx.
Discharge	for Akhnoor
- average	800.6 m3/s (28,273 cu ft/s) [1]

The Chenab River is a major river of India and Pakistan. It forms in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows through the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of the Punjab, Pakistan. The waters of the Chenab are allocated to Pakistan under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty.^[2][3]

History

The river was known to Indians in the Vedic period^[4] as Chandrabhaga (Sanskrit: चंद्रभाग), also Ashkini (Sanskrit: अश्किनि) or Iskmati (Sanskrit: इस्कामति) and as Acesines to the Ancient Greeks.^[5] In 325 BC, Alexander the Great allegedly founded the town of Alexandria on the Indus (present day Uch Sharif or Mithankot or Chacharan in Pakistan) at the confluence of the Indus and the combined stream of Punjab rivers (currently known as the Panjnad River).^[6]

Image gallery

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  Chandra river (shown) is an upper tributary of Chenab.
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  Bhaga River near Jispa, Lahaul.
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  A view of River Chenab near Gujrat.
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  A view of Chandrabhagha River through Pangi valley in Himachal Pradesh.

References

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Chenab.

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Hydrography of India
Inland	Alaknanda Beas Betwa Bhāgīrathī Bharatapuzha Brahmaputra Burhi Gandak Chambal Chenab Chilika Lake Dal Lake Damodar Dibang Ganges Ganges Basin Ganges Delta Ghaghara Godavari Gomti Hooghly Indira Gandhi Canal Indus Indus Delta Indus Basin Jhelum Kali Kaveri Ken Kerala backwaters Koshi Krishna Kushiyara Luni Mahanadi Malampuzha Narmada Nizam Sagar Padma Pamba Periyar Pookode Lake Powai Lake Ramganga Ravi Red Hills Lake Roopkund (Skeleton Lake) Sambhar Salt Lake Sapt Koshi Sabarmati River Sarasvati Sharda Someshwari Son Sutlej Tamsa Tapti Tons Vaigai Yamuna
Coastal	Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Gulf of Khambhat Gulf of Kutch Gulf of Mannar Indian Ocean Laccadive Sea Palk Strait Ilog Pasig
Categories	Lakes of India Reservoirs and dams in India Rivers of India

The Rivers of the Punjab
Indus Jhelum Chenab Ravi Beas Sutlej

Geography of Himachal Pradesh
Lakes	Renuka Lake Maharana Pratap Sagar Gobind Sagar more...
Rivers	Beas Chenab Ravi Sutlej Yamuna
Districts	Bilaspur Chamba Hamirpur Kangra Kinnaur Kullu Lahaul and Spiti Mandi Sirmaur Shimla Solan Una
Other	Climate of Himachal Pradesh Protected areas of Himachal Pradesh List of peaks in Himachal Pradesh

Punjab geography
Beas River Chenab River Chhachh Cholistan Desert Doaba Ganji Bar Ghaggar river Indus River Jhelum River Kachhi Kala Chitta Range Kallar Kahar Khewra Salt Mine Kirana Bar Kirana Hills Majha Malwa Margalla Hills Murree Neeli Bar Poadh Pothohar Plateau Ravi River Salt Range Sandal Bar Sivalik Hills Soon Valley Sulaiman Mountains Sutlej River Thal Desert Trimmu