Beas River Vyas River | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
State | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Beas Kund |
• location | Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh |
• coordinates | 32°21′59″N 77°05′08″E / 32.36639°N 77.08556°E |
Mouth | Sutlej River |
• location | Harike, Harike Wetland, Tarn Taran district, Punjab |
• coordinates | 31°09′16″N 74°58′31″E / 31.15444°N 74.97528°E |
Length | 470 km (290 mi) |
Basin size | 20.303 km2 (7.839 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Mandi Plain |
• average | 499.2 m3/s (17,630 cu ft/s) |
The Beas River[a] is a river in northwestern India, flowing through the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, and is the smallest of the five major rivers of the Punjab region.[1] Rising in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, the river flows for approximately 470 kilometres (290 mi) into the Sutlej River in Punjab.[2] Its total length is 470 kilometres (290 mi) and its drainage basin is 20,303 square kilometres (7,839 sq mi) large.[3]
As of 2017, the river is home to a tiny isolated population of the Indus dolphin.[4]
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