| Beas River Vyas River | |
|---|---|
 The Beas River in Himachal Pradesh | |
 Interactive Map | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | Himachal Pradesh, Punjab |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Beas Kund |
| • location | Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh |
| • coordinates | 32°21′59″N 77°05′08″E / 32.36639°N 77.08556°E |
| Mouth | Sutlej River |
• location | Harike, Harike Wetland, Tarn Taran district, Punjab |
• coordinates | 31°09′16″N 74°58′31″E / 31.15444°N 74.97528°E |
| Length | 470 km (290 mi) |
| Basin size | 20.303 km2 (7.839 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mandi Plain |
| • average | 499.2 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]
- ^ The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir. Sir James McCrone Douie. 1916, p. 25
- ^ "About District". Archived from the original on 2 August 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Signs of hope as population of endangered Indus River dolphin jumps in Pakistan". WWF. Retrieved 17 December 2017.