Jhelum | |
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![]() Jhelum River photographed in Pakistan, c. 2006 | |
![]() Map showing the Jhelum's course[6] | |
Location | |
Countries | India, Pakistan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Verinag Spring |
• coordinates | 33°32′05″N 75°14′59″E / 33.53472°N 75.24972°E |
Mouth | |
• location | Chenab River at Trimmu, Jhang District |
• coordinates | 31°10′N 72°09′E / 31.17°N 72.15°E |
Length | 725 km (450 mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 1,026.6 m3/s (36,250 cu ft/s) (near Mangla Dam) |
• minimum | 234.19 m3/s (8,270 cu ft/s) (near Mangla Dam) |
• maximum | 26,419.13 m3/s (932,983 cu ft/s) (near Mangla Dam) |
Discharge | |
• average | 313.19 m3/s (11,060 cu ft/s) (near Domel) |
Discharge | |
• average | 229.20 m3/s (8,094 cu ft/s) (near Baramulla) |
Basin features | |
River system | Indus River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Poonch River, Sukhnag River |
• right | Arpath River, Lidder River, Kishanganga River/Neelum River, Sind River, Kunhar River, Pohru River, Erin River |
The Jhelum River [a] is a river in the northern Indian subcontinent. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, into Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir, then the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the westernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region, and flows through the Kashmir Valley. It is a tributary of the Chenab River and has a total length of about 725 kilometres (450 mi).[7]
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