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Indus River basin

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drainage basin river basin

The Indus River basin is a vast drainage area in South Asia centered on the Indus River, supporting major agricultural regions and dense populations across parts of Pakistan, India, China, and Afghanistan.

Aliases (9)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drainage basin → river basin →
containsRegion	Balochistan NERFINISHED → Jammu and Kashmir → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Ladakh → Punjab → Sindh →
country	Afghanistan → China → India → Pakistan →
drainedBy	Indus River →
emptiesInto	Arabian Sea →
governedByTreaty	Indus Waters Treaty →
hasClimate	arid → semi-arid →
locatedIn	South Asia →
majorCityOnBasin	Hyderabad (Pakistan) → Karachi → Lahore → Multan → Peshawar → Sukkur →
majorRiver	Indus River →
partlyLocatedIn	Himalayas → Hindu Kush → Karakoram → Tibetan Plateau →
sharedBy	Afghanistan → China → India → Pakistan →
supportsActivity	fisheries → hydropower generation → irrigated agriculture → livestock rearing →
tributary	Beas River → Chenab River → Gilgit River → Gomal River → Jhelum River → Kabul River → Kurram River → Ravi River NERFINISHED → Shyok River → Sutlej River → Swat River NERFINISHED →
waterSource	glacial melt → monsoon rainfall → snowmelt →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beas River ("Indus River system") → Chenab River ("Indus River system") → Indus Valley → Jhelum River ("Indus River system") → Jhelum River ("Indus Basin") → Kabul River → Ravi ("Indus River system") → Ravi River ("Indus River system") → Shyok River → Sutlej River ("Indus River system") →	partOf
Baltoro Glacier → Biafo Glacier → Hispar Glacier → Indo-Gangetic Plain → Ravi ("Indus Basin") → Ravi River ("Indus Basin") →	drainageBasin
Baltoro Muztagh → Karakoram → Masherbrum Mountains → Siachen Muztagh →	drainage
Chenab River ("Indus Basin") → Kotri Barrage ("Lower Indus Basin") →	basin
Indo-Gangetic Plain ("Indus River system") → Ravi ("Indus River system") →	riverSystem
South-Central Asia →	borderFeature
Indus Waters Treaty ("Indus River system") →	collectivelyCovers
Eurasia →	contains
Indus River ("Indus River system") →	formsPartOf
Sindhi people ("Lower Indus Valley") →	historicalRegion
British Sind ("Lower Indus Valley") →	includedArea
Alexandria on the Indus ("Indus River region") →	locatedIn
Dera Ismail Khan ("Indus River plain") →	locatedInGeographicRegion
Shina ("Indus Valley (upper)") →	primaryRegion
Indus River ("Indus Basin") →	regionHydrological
Siachen Glacier →	riverBasin
Hindu Kush ("Indus basin") →	riverBasins
Mongol invasions of India ("Indus River region") →	significantPlace
Indo-Gangetic Plain ("Punjab Plain") →	subregion