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The Ravi River [a] is a transboundary river in South Asia, flowing through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, and is one of five major rivers of the Punjab region. [ 2 ] Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and two other rivers of the Punjab ( Sutlej and Beas River ) were allocated to India.
Map of the major rivers, lakes, dams, barrages and reservoirs in Pakistan ... Punjab. Picture Name River Year completed Ref. Balloki Headworks: Ravi: 1915 1966 ...
Punjab historically has been divided into regions based on its various rivers, since the name Punjab is based on its five main rivers. Rachna Doab is a Doab or tract of land in the Punjab region, encompassing all the area lying between the Ravi and Chenab Rivers, all the way from the Jammu Division till their confluence in Punjab, Pakistan. It ...
Neeli Bar (Urdu: نیلی بار) is a geographical region in Punjab, Pakistan, [1] located between the rivers Ravi and Satluj. [2] [3] [4]"Bar" is the name given to areas in Punjab which were thick forests before the arrival of the modern canal irrigation system.
The Madhopur headwork was added during 1875–1879. It consisted of a 2,700 feet (820 m) long weir across the Ravi river, with the crest varying from 3 feet to 6 feet above the bed of the river. The last 300 feet towards on the left (towards Punjab) held undersluices with 12 openings of 20 feet width and 3–4 feet height.
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]
Ganji Bar is the lower valley region from the old flow of the rivers Satluj and river Beas or river Hakra to river Ravi in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] There was a high ridge in the middle of Montgomery (Sahiwal), Sahiwal District, old Gogaira district (now Sahiwal Division). This high land runs from northeast to southwest. it was also called Dhaya.
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