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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. Around two-thirds of water supplied for irrigation and in homes come from the Indus and its associated rivers. [1]
The topography of Pakistan is divided into seven geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain, the desert areas, the Pothohar Plateau, Balochistan Plateau, Salt Range, and the Sistan Basin. All the rivers of Pakistan, i.e. Sindh, Ravi River, Chenab River, Jhelum River, and Sutlej River, originate from the Himalayas mountain ...
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The catchment area of the Indus is estimated at almost 1 million square kilometres, and all of Pakistan's major rivers—the Kabul, Jhelum, and Chenab—flow into it. The Indus River basin is a large, fertile alluvial plain formed by silt from the Indus. This area has been inhabited by agricultural civilizations for at least 5,000 years.
Churna Island, a small island about 9 km (5.6 mi) west of the mouth of the Hub River, at the boundary between the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. Kaio Island, a small rocky island about 2.2 km (1.4 mi) west of the southern end of Gadani Ship Breaking Yard (25°01'50"N 66°41'19"E).
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Pakistan" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of ...
Map of the major rivers, lakes, dams, barrages and reservoirs in Pakistan ... Headworks in Pakistan - at Pakistan Tourism Portal This page was last edited on 19 ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Pakistan: Pakistan – sovereign country located in South Asia . [ 1 ] It has a 1,046 kilometres (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan in the west, Iran in the southwest, India in the east and China in the far ...