CHENAB RIVER


Meaning of CHENAB RIVER in English

ancient Acesines

River, India and Pakistan.

Rising in Himachal Pradesh state in the Indian Himalayas , it flows west through southern Jammu and Kashmir state and central Punjab province, Pakistan, to unite with the Jhelum and then flow into the Sutlej , a major tributary of the Indus River . One of the "five rivers" of the Punjab, it is about 600 mi (965 km) long and the source of an extensive canal and irrigation system.

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