Indus River
- Indus River, also known as Sindhu, is a great trans-Himalayan river of South Asia.
- Along with its tributaries, it forms one of the largest drainage systems in the world.
- It is known as Singi Khamban Tibet.
- Indus originates from the northern slope of the Kailash range (Tibet) enters India and continues to flow in the northwest direction between the Ladakh and the Zaskar ranges.
- The Shyok and Gilgit are their important right bank tributaries and the Zaskar is the left bank tributary.
- Indus River ends its mountainous journey at Attock and is joined by the Kabul River from Afghanistan.
- Just above Mithankot, it receives accumulated water from five rivers (Panj-nad) Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutluj.
- Finally, it empties itself in the Arabian Sea near Karachi, making a big delta.
- It has a length of 2900 km from its source to the Arabian Sea.
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