Chenab
| Chenab | |
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 Old bridge over Chenab river at Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir.
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| Country | India, Pakistan |
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| Source | Bara Lacha pass |
| - coordinates | 32°38′09″N 77°28′51″E / 32.63583°N 77.48083°E |
| 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°ECoordinates: 29°20′57″N 71°1′41″E / 29.34917°N 71.02806°E |
| Length | 960 km (597 mi) approx. |
| Discharge | for Akhnoor |
| - average | 800.6 m3/s (28,273 cu ft/s) |
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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.
The river was known to Indians in the Vedic period as Chandrabhaga (Sanskrit: चंद्रभाग), also Asikni (Sanskrit: असिक्नी) or Iskmati (Sanskrit: इस्कामति) and as Acesines to the Ancient Greeks. 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).
Chandra river (shown) is an upper tributary of Chenab.
Bhaga River near Jispa, Lahaul.
A view of River Chenab near Gujrat.
A view of Chandrabhagha River through Pangi valley in Himachal Pradesh.
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