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Sutlej River

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	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[~~Sutlej~~]]		{{Short description\|River in India and Pakistan}}
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			{{Infobox river
			\| name = Satluj
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			<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
			\| image = View of Sutlej River - panoramio.jpg
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			\| image_caption = View of Sutlej River
			\| map =Sutlej.png
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			\| map_caption = Path of the Sutlej
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			<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
			\| subdivision_type1 = Country
			\| subdivision_name1 = [[China]], [[India]], [[Pakistan]]
			\| subdivision_type2 = State
			\| subdivision_name2 = [[Tibet Autonomous Region\|Tibet]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Punjab, India\|Punjab (India)]], [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab (Pakistan)]]
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			<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
			\| length = {{convert\|1450\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} approx.
			\| width_min =
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			\| depth_min =
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			\| discharge1_location= [[Ropar]]<ref>{{cite web \| title = Sutlej valley\| publisher = The Free Dictionary
			\| url = http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Sutlej+valley}}</ref>
			\| discharge1_min =
			\| discharge1_avg = {{convert\|500\|m3/s\|cuft/s\|abbr=on}}
			\| discharge1_max =
			<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
			\| source1 = Langchen Khambab
			\| source1_location = [[Tibet Autonomous Region\|Tibet]]
			\| source1_coordinates= {{coord\|30\|50\|39\|N\|81\|12\|17\|E\|display=inline}}
			\| source1_elevation = {{convert\|4575\|m\|abbr=on}}
			\| mouth = Confluence with [[Chenab]] to form the [[Panjnad River]]
			\| mouth_location =Near [[Khairpur, Punjab\|Khairpur]], [[Bahawalpur district]], [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
			\| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord\|29\|23\|23\|N\|71\|3\|42\|E\|type:river_region:PK-PB\|display=inline,title}}
			\| mouth_elevation = {{convert\|102\|m\|abbr=on}}
			\| progression =
			\| river_system =
			\| basin_size = {{convert\|395000\|km2\|abbr=on}}approx.
			\| tributaries_left = [[Baspa River\|Baspa]]
			\| tributaries_right = [[Spiti River\|Spiti]], [[Beas River\|Beas]]
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			The '''Sutlej River''', alternatively spelled as '''''Satluj'' River''', is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of [[Punjab region\|Punjab]] in northern [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]. The Sutlej River is also known as '''''Satadree'''''.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 17, Part 1\|last1=Asiatic Society of Bengal\|year=1848\|page=210, paragraph two\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tes2AQAAMAAJ&q=satadree&pg=PA210}}</ref> 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 .<ref>[http://wrmin.nic.in/responsibility/bbmb.htm] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831094205/http://wrmin.nic.in/responsibility/bbmb.htm \|date=31 August 2005 }}</ref> The mean annual flow is 14 million acre feet (MAF) upstream of [[Sirhind Canal\|Ropar barrage]], downstream of the Bhakra dam.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cwc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Ravi-%20Beas%20Waters%20Tribunal%20Report%201987.pdf\|access-date=15 February 2020\|publisher=Central Water Commission\|title= Page 290, The Ravi- Beas Water Tribunal Report (1987)}}</ref> It has several major hydroelectric points, including the 1,325 [[Watt#Megawatt\|MW]] [[Bhakra Dam]], the 1,000 MW [[Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant]], and the 1,500 MW [[Nathpa Jhakri Dam]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.power-technology.com/projects/nathpa \|title= Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project, India\|publisher=power-technology.com\|access-date=14 May 2011}}{{Unreliable source?\|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST\|date=June 2016}}</ref> The [[drainage basin]] is mainly in India's Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana states.<ref name="WRIS Lower Sutlej">{{cite web\|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/Publications/WatershedSubbasinAtlas/12.%20Satluj%20Lower.pdf \|title= Lower Sutlej basin area\|access-date=14 May 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904011312/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/Publications/WatershedSubbasinAtlas/12.%20Satluj%20Lower.pdf \|archive-date=4 September 2018 }}</ref><ref name="WRIS geo-visualization"/>

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