Ghaggar River

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intermittent river seasonal river

The Ghaggar River is a seasonal river in northwestern India that flows through Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan, and is often identified with the ancient Saraswati River mentioned in Vedic texts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ghaggar-Hakra River 3
Ghaggar-Hakra river system 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intermittent river ⓘ
seasonal river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ghaggar-Hakra NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSitesAlong Banawali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhirrana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalibangan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rakhigarhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithAncientName Saraswati River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
crossesState Haryana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance associated with Hindu religious tradition ⓘ
dischargeCharacteristic disappears in the sands of the Thar Desert ⓘ
downstreamName Hakra River NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainageBasin Indo-Gangetic plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
semi-arid regions of Haryana and Rajasthan ⓘ
flowsNear Hanumangarh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sirsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talwara Lake (paleolake region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough Haryana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAssociation Harappan sites ⓘ
Indus Valley Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrologicalStatus non-perennial ⓘ
linkedTo ancient river systems of northwest India ⓘ
mentionedInContextOf Rigvedic Saraswati NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthRegion Thar Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
region northwestern India ⓘ
researchField Quaternary geology ⓘ
South Asian archaeology ⓘ
geomorphology ⓘ
seasonality flows mainly during monsoon ⓘ
sourceRegion Himalayan foothills ⓘ
Shivalik Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf paleochannel studies ⓘ
remote sensing studies ⓘ
subjectOfDebate identification with Vedic Saraswati ⓘ
tributary Chautang River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaushalya River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Markanda River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sahibi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarsuti River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tangri River NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterRegime monsoon-fed ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Malwa (Punjab) → hasRiver → Ghaggar River ⓘ
Panchkula → locatedOnRiver → Ghaggar River ⓘ
Saraswati River → associatedWith → Ghaggar River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaggar-Hakra river system
Ganganagar district → hasRiver → Ghaggar River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaggar-Hakra River
Kalibangan → locatedOn → Ghaggar River ⓘ
Hanumangarh district → locatedOnRiver → Ghaggar River ⓘ
northwestern India → hasMajorRiver → Ghaggar River ⓘ
subject surface form: Northwestern India
this entity surface form: Ghaggar-Hakra River
Shivalik Hills → drainedBy → Ghaggar River ⓘ
Sirsa district → hasRiver → Ghaggar River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghaggar-Hakra River