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Sutlej River |
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Sutlej RiverRiver, Asia. The longest of the “Five Rivers” that give Punjab its name, it is 900 mi (1,450 km) long. It rises in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region of China and flows west through the Himalayas, across Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, India, and then southwest across Punjab province of Pakistan. It forms 65 mi (105 km) of the Indo-Pakistani border. It joins the Chenab River in Pakistan to become the Panjnad, the link between the Five Rivers and the Indus. Its middle course is used extensively for irrigation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He further increased his revenues by selling timber to the railway companies, for he would cut the great deodar trees in his own forest arid they fell thundering into the Sutlej River and were swept down to the Plains, 300 miles away, and became railway ties. |
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