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The Ravi River originates in the Himalayas in the Multhan tehsil of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. [10] It follows a north-westerly course and is a perennial river. [ 2 ] It is the smallest of the five Punjab rivers that rise from glacier fields at an elevation of 14,000 feet (4,300 m), on the southern side of the Mid Himalayas.
: "Satadru (Sutlej)". "Parushni (Iravati, Ravi)". "Asikni, which means black". "It is the modern Chinab". " Marudvridha, a general name for river. According to Roth the combined course of the Akesines and Hydaspes". Vitasta, the last of the rivers of the Punjab, changed in Greek into Hydaspes"."It is the modern Behat or Jilam".
Most of the rivers in India originate from the four major watersheds in India. The Himalayan watershed is the source of majority of the major river systems in India including the three longest rivers–the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Indus. [3] [4] These three river systems are fed by more than 5000 glaciers. [5]
[7] [42] [k] The description of the Sarasvati as the river of heavens, is interpreted to suggest its mythical nature. [43] In 10.30.12, her origin as a river goddess may explain her invocation as a protective deity in a hymn to the celestial waters. In 10.135.5, as Indra drinks Soma, he is described as refreshed by Sarasvati. The invocations in ...
Iravati River may refer to: Iravati River, alternative name of Ravi River , a transboundary river crossing North-Western India and Eastern Pakistan Iravati River, alternative spelling of Irrawaddy River , from north to south through Myanmar
The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department on the Ravi River on the border of Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir and state Punjab. It is located upstream of the Madhopur Barrage at Madhopur. [3]
The Ujh river originates in Kailash mountains (near Bhaderwah hills, part of the Pir Panjal Range) at an altitude of 4,300 metres (14,100 ft).It flows a distance of nearly 100 kilometres (62 mi), some of it in Pakistani Punjab, before joining Ravi near Chak Ram Sahai in Indian Punjab. [1]
Kuṣávā – Probably the Kunar River. Yavyā́vatī – Noted to be a branch of Gomatī́. Witzel as well as Blažek identifies with Zhob River. [1] [5] Dähnhardt comments it to be synonymous to Yamúnā or flowing very close to it. [6] Eastern tributaries: Suṣómā – Identified with Soan. Arjikiya – Blažek identifies with Haro. [5]