The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The 3,180 km river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, bends sharply to the left after the Nanga Parbat massif, and flows south-by-southwest through Pakistan, befor…
The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The 3,180 km river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, bends sharply to the left after the Nanga Parbat massif, and flows south-by-southwest through Pakistan, before emptying into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi.
Country: China, India, Pakistan
States or provinces: Tibet Autonomous Region, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh
Cities: Leh, Kargil, Skardu, Dasu, Besham, Thakot, Swabi, Dera Ismail Khan, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Karachi
Source: Upper Gê'gyai
2nd source: Lake Manasarovar
Mouth: Arabian Sea (primary), Rann of Kutch (secondary)
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