- This page is for the river in India. For the Royal navy vessels named after it, see HMS Sutlej
Sutlej River (alternatively spelled as Satluj River) (Punjabi: ਸਤਲੁਜ, Sanskrit: शतद्रु or सुतुद्री, IAST: Suṭudri, Urdu: ستلج, and Hindi: सतलुज) is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. Punjabi (pa ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhi script pa-PK {{Nastaliq پنجابی}} in Shahmukhi script Pañjābī in Transliteration) is an Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration ( IAST) is a popular Transliteration scheme that allows a lossless Romanization of Indic Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Punjab ( ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, पंजाब پنجاب also Panjab (پنجاب meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and It is located north of the Vindhya Range, south of the Hindu Kush segment of the Himalayas, and east of the Central Makran range in Pakistan. The Vindhya Range ( Sanskrit: विन्ध्य is a range of older rounded mountains and hills in the west-central Indian subcontinent which geographically The Hindu Kush is a Mountain range located between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Makran ( Urdu / Persian: مکران) is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan, along
Sutlej is sometimes known as the Red River. It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Indus River { Sanskrit: सिन्धु Sindhu; Urdu: urd {{Nastaliq سندھ}} Sindh; Sindhi: snd Its source is in Tibet near Mount Kailas, and it flows south and southwest. Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European Kailasa redirects here For the band see Kailasa (band Mount Kailash (Devanagari कैलाश पर्वत( Kailāśā Parvata It waters the ancient and historically important region of Greater Punjab. The region to its south and east is arid, and is known as the Great Indian Desert or Thar Desert. The Thar Desert ( Hindi: थार मरुस्थल also known as the Great Indian Desert, is The Thar Desert ( Hindi: थार मरुस्थल also known as the Great Indian Desert, is
Sutlej joins with the Beas river in the state of Punjāb, India, and continues southwest into Pakistan to unite with the Chenāb river, forming the Panjnad river south of ancient Multān. Punjab (ਪੰਜਾਬ पंजाब pəɲdʒaːb is a state in northwest India. ( Urdu:, Punjabi ملتان، ਮੁਲਤਾਨ is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District The Panjnad joins the Indus river at Mithankot. Mithankot (Mithancot Mithankote Kotmithan Kotmithan Sharif ( Urdu: مٹھان کوٹ) is located in southern Punjab, Pakistan. Indus then flows through a gorge near Sukkur, flows through the fertile plains region of Sindh, and terminates in the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Pakistan. For the song see CANYONMID. For the band see Canyon (band. A canyon (rarely cañon) or gorge Sukkur ( Urdu:سکھر Sindhi:سکر formerly Aror ( Sanskrit: अरोड Urdu: اروڑ is the third largest Sindh ( Sindhī: سنڌ Urdu: سندھ is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhis. The Arabian Sea ( Arabic: بحر العرب transliterated: Baḥr al-'Arab Sanskrit: सिन्धु सागर transliterated: ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo (ڪراچي) is the largest city in Pakistan. It is the world's second largest city proper behind Mumbai in terms of population which exceeds 10 million
The waters of Sutlej are allocated to India under the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan, and are mostly diverted to irrigation canals in India[1]. The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-sharing Treaty between the Republic of India and Islamic Republic Of Pakistan. A huge, multipurpose Bhakra-Nangal Dam has been built on Satlej by the Indian government. Bhakra Dam is a Concrete Gravity dam across the Sutlej River, near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern A 214-kilometer-long heavy freight canal, known as the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SLY), is also being built in India to connect Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. For the goddess of the river who is sometimes called Yamuna see Yami The Yamuna (Sanskrit यमुना
The Sutlej was known as Shatadru or Suṭudri in the Vedic period. The Vedic Period (or Vedic Age) is the period in the History of India during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, were being
There is substantial geologic evidence to indicate that prior to 1700 BC, Sutlej was an important tributary of the Saraswati river rather than the Indus. The Sarasvati River ( Sanskrit: sa सरस्वती नदी sárasvatī nadī) is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers mentioned in ancient Hindu Geologists believe that tectonic activity created elevation changes which redirected the flow of Sutlej from the southeast to the southwest. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The mighty Saraswati then began to dry up, causing desertification of Cholistan and the eastern part of the modern state of Sindh. Cholistan Desert (صحرائے چولستان also locally known as Rohi) sprawls thirty kilometers from Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan and covers Sindh ( Sindhī: سنڌ Urdu: سندھ is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhis. The desertification resulted in abandonment of numerous ancient human settlements along the banks of Saraswati.
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| Lakes | Renuka Lake | Maharana Pratap Sagar | Gobind Sagar (more...) |
| Rivers | Beas | Chenab | Ravi | Sutlej | Yamuna |
| Districts | Bilaspur | Chamba | Hamirpur | Kangra | Kinnaur | Kullu | Lahul and Spiti | Mandi | Sirmaur | Shimla | Solan | Una |
| Other | Climate of Himachal Pradesh | Protected areas of Himachal Pradesh | List of peaks in Himachal Pradesh |
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