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# | {{Short description|River in India and Pakistan}} | ||
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{{Infobox river | |||
| name = Satluj | |||
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| image = View of Sutlej River - panoramio.jpg | |||
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| image_caption = View of Sutlej River | |||
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| map_caption = Path of the Sutlej | |||
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| 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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| length = {{convert|1450|km|mi|abbr=on}} approx. | |||
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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> | |||
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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|500|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | |||
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| 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}} | |||
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| 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"/> | |||
Latest revision as of 01:53, 12 September 2021
| Satluj | |
|---|---|
 View of Sutlej River | |
 Path of the Sutlej | |
| Location | |
| Country | China, India, Pakistan |
| State | Tibet, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab (India), Punjab (Pakistan) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Langchen Khambab |
| • location | Tibet |
| • coordinates | 30°50′39″N 81°12′17″E / 30.84417°N 81.20472°E |
| • elevation | 4,575 m (15,010 ft) |
| Mouth | Confluence with Chenab to form the Panjnad River |
• location | Near Khairpur, Bahawalpur district, Punjab, Pakistan |
• coordinates | 29°23′23″N 71°3′42″E / 29.38972°N 71.06167°E |
• elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Length | 1,450 km (900 mi) approx. |
| Basin size | 395,000 km2 (153,000 sq mi)approx. |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ropar[1] |
| • average | 500 m3/s (18,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Baspa |
| • right | Spiti, Beas |
The Sutlej River, alternatively spelled as Satluj River, is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej River is also known as Satadree.[2] 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 .[3] The mean annual flow is 14 million acre feet (MAF) upstream of Ropar barrage, downstream of the Bhakra dam.[4] It has several major hydroelectric points, including the 1,325 MW Bhakra Dam, the 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant, and the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Dam.[5] The drainage basin is mainly in India's Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana states.[6][7]
- ↑ "Sutlej valley". The Free Dictionary.
- ↑ Asiatic Society of Bengal (1848). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 17, Part 1. p. 210, paragraph two.
- ↑ [1] Archived 31 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Page 290, The Ravi- Beas Water Tribunal Report (1987)" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ↑ "Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project, India". power-technology.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.[unreliable source?]
- ↑ "Lower Sutlej basin area" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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