Beas River

Beas River
Vyas River
The Beas River in Himachal Pradesh
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CountryIndia
StateHimachal Pradesh, Punjab
Physical characteristics
SourceBeas Kund
 • locationHimalayas, Himachal Pradesh
 • coordinates32°21′59″N 77°05′08″E / 32.36639°N 77.08556°E / 32.36639; 77.08556
MouthSutlej River
 • location
Harike, Harike Wetland, Tarn Taran district, Punjab
 • coordinates
31°09′16″N 74°58′31″E / 31.15444°N 74.97528°E / 31.15444; 74.97528
Length470 km (290 mi)
Basin size20.303 km2 (7.839 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationMandi Plain
 • average499.2 m3/s (17,630 cu ft/s)

The Beas River (Punjabi pronunciation: [be.jäːsᵊ]; Hindustani pronunciation: [bjɑːs]) is a river in north India.[1] The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some 470 kilometres (290 mi) to the Sutlej River in the Indian state of 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]

  1. ^ The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir. Sir James McCrone Douie. 1916, p. 25
  2. ^ "About District". Archived from the original on 2 August 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  3. ^ Jain, Sharad K.; Agarwal, Pushpendra K.; Singh, Vijay P. (5 March 2007). Hydrology and water resources of India. Springer. p. 481. ISBN 978-1-4020-5179-1. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Signs of hope as population of endangered Indus River dolphin jumps in Pakistan". WWF. Retrieved 17 December 2017.