Beas River

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The Beas River is a major river in northern India that flows through the state of Punjab, playing a vital role in its agriculture and ecology.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Beas 1
Beas valley 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWith Alexander the Great
confluenceLocation Harike
country India
flowsInto Harike
surface form: Harike Wetland
flowsNear Beas town
Kangra district
surface form: Kangra

Manali
Mandi
flowsThrough Amritsar
surface form: Amritsar district

Gurdaspur district
Hoshiarpur district
Kangra district
Kapurthala district
Kullu
surface form: Kullu Valley

Mandi district
Tarn Taran district
formsBoundaryBetween Amritsar district and Kapurthala district
Amritsar district and Tarn Taran district
hasDam Pandoh Dam
Pong Dam
hasFloodplain Punjab
surface form: Punjab plains
hasReservoir Maharana Pratap Sagar
hasTributary Banganga River
Binwa River
Parbati River
Uhl River
historicalRegion Punjab
importantFor agriculture in Punjab
ecology of Punjab
isMonsoonFed true
knownAsInAncientTimes Hyphasis
locatedIn Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
locatedInRegion northern India
mentionedIn ancient Indian texts
mouthLocation Sutlej River
surface form: Sutlej River at Harike
partOf Indus River basin
surface form: Indus River system
sourceLocation Himachal Pradesh
sourceRegion Himalayas
supports riparian agriculture
wetland ecosystems
tributaryOf Sutlej River
usedFor drinking water supply
fishing
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
tourism

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

northern India hasMajorRiver Beas River
subject surface form: Northern India
this entity surface form: Beas
Mandi hasRiverValley Beas River
this entity surface form: Beas valley
Indus River hasTributary Beas River
Sutlej River hasTributary Beas River
Doabi dialect locatedBetween Beas River
Doaba locatedBetweenRivers Beas River
Kullu locatedOnRiver Beas River
Mandi locatedOnRiver Beas River
Himachal Pradesh majorRiver Beas River
Indira Gandhi Canal sourceRiver Beas River
Majha traversedBy Beas River
Punjab traversedBy Beas River
Indus River basin tributary Beas River