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This is a list of rivers wholly or partly in Pakistan, organised geographically by river basin, from west to east.Tributaries are listed from the mouth to the source. The longest and the largest river in Pakistan is the Indus River.
In any doab, khadar land (green) lies next to a river, while bangur land (olive) has greater elevation and lies further from the river. Khādir or Khadar and Bangar, Bāngur or Bhangar (Hindi language: खादर और बांगर, Urdu languageکهادر اور بانگر) are terms used in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi in the Indo-Gangetic plains of North India and Pakistan to ...
Rod Koh or Rod Kohi (Persian: راد کوہ) is a form of irrigation system in Pakistan. Rod means channel and Koh means mountain in Persian.The Rod Kohi system based on Kulyat Riwajat (Fromulae and Traditions) which governed the irrigation system ever since the Pashtun tribes moved into Damaan.
Main Canal: A principal channel off-taking directly from a river or reservoir which has discharge capacity of above 25 cubic meter/sec (cumecs) is called Main Canal or Main Line. These Canals are not used for direct irrigation. They drive water from the river/ reservoir through head regulator and feed it to Branch Canals and Major distributaries.
The 117 kilometer long canal will originate from River Jhelum at Rasul Barrage and, along with its branches, will irrigate 1,70,000 acres of arid land in Districts of Jhelum and Khushab. The department has also initiated works on Dadocha Dam which will supply 35 million gallons of drinking per day to the people of Rawalpindi. [ 44 ]
The Panjnad River (Punjabi and Urdu: پنجند) is a river at the extreme end of the Bahawalpur district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.The name Panjnad is derived from Sanskrit words pancha ("five") and nadī́ ("river") which means "five rivers".
Doab (English: / ˈ d oʊ ɑː b /) is a term used in South Asia [1] for the tract [2] [1] of land lying between two confluent rivers. It is similar to an interfluve. [3] In the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, R. S. McGregor defines it as from Persian do-āb (دوآب, literally "two [bodies of] water") "a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers."
The Indus system of rivers comprises three western rivers – the Indus, the Jhelum and Chenab – and three eastern rivers – the Sutlej, the Beas and the Ravi. Per Article I of IWT, any river/ tributary and its catchment area of the Indus system of rivers that are not part of the other five rivers, is part of the Indus River including its ...