Ravi River

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river transboundary river

The Ravi River is a transboundary river of the Indus River system that flows through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, historically significant as one of the five rivers of the Punjab region.

Aliases (1)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf river →
transboundary river →
allocatedTo India under the Indus Waters Treaty →
ancientName Iravati →
Parushni →
basinCountry India →
Pakistan →
borderFunction forms part of the India–Pakistan border →
confluenceWith Chenab River →
continent Asia →
country India →
Pakistan →
crossesProvince Punjab, Pakistan →
crossesState Himachal Pradesh →
Punjab, India →
drainageBasin Indus Basin →
etymology name associated with ancient Sanskrit Iravati →
flowsDirection generally west-northwest →
flowsThrough eastern Pakistan →
northwestern India →
hasDam Ranjit Sagar Dam →
Thein Dam →
historicalRegion Punjab →
length approximately 720 km →
locatedIn India →
Pakistan →
Punjab region →
mentionedIn Rigveda →
mouthLocation Punjab, Pakistan →
near Ahmadpur Sial →
oneOf Five Rivers of Punjab →
partOf Indus River system →
passesThrough Amritsar district →
Chamba →
Lahore →
Pathankot →
region South Asia →
sourceLocation Himachal Pradesh →
Himalayas →
tributary Baira River →
Budhil River →
Siul River →
Ujh River →
tributaryOf Chenab River →
usedFor drinking water supply →
hydroelectric power generation →
irrigation →
waterSharingTreaty Indus Waters Treaty →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Indus River →
hasTributary
Himachal Pradesh →
majorRiver
Ujh River ("Ravi River basin") →
partOf
Punjab →
traversedBy
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