Sutlej

Sutlej
Sutlej
	View of Sutlej River
	Path of the Sutlej
Location
Country	China, India, Pakistan
State	Tibet, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab (India), Punjab (Pakistan)
Cities	Kalpa, Ludhiana, Vehari, Jallah Jeem, Bahawalpur
Physical characteristics
Source	Manasarovar-Rakas Lakes
• location	Tibet
• coordinates	30°50′39″N 81°12′17″E / 30.84417°N 81.20472°E
• elevation	4,575 m (15,010 ft)
Mouth	Confluence with Chenab to form the Panjnad River
• location	Near Khairpur, Bahawalpur district, Punjab, Pakistan
• coordinates	29°23′23″N 71°3′42″E / 29.38972°N 71.06167°E
• elevation	102 m (335 ft)
Length	1,450 km (900 mi) approx.
Basin size	395,000 km2 (153,000 sq mi)approx.
Discharge
• location	Ropar
• average	500 m3/s (18,000 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Panjnad, Confluence of Chenab (71 km upstream of mouth)
• average	2,946.66 m3/s (104,060 cu ft/s) 63.613 km3/a (2,015.8 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Baspa
• right	Spiti, Beas, Chenab

The Sutlej River (/ˈsʌtlədʒ/) is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej River is also known as Satadru.^[3] It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River. The Bhakra Dam is built around the river Sutlej to provide irrigation and other facilities to the states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.

The waters of the Sutlej are allocated to India under the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan, and are mostly diverted to irrigation canals in India like the Sirhind Canal, Bhakra Main Line and the Rajasthan canal.^[4] The mean annual flow is 14 million acre feet (MAF) (roughly 1.727 × 10¹³ L) upstream of Ropar barrage, downstream of the Bhakra dam.^[5] It has several major hydroelectric points, including the 1,325 MW Bhakra Dam, the 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant, and the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Dam.^[6]^{[unreliable source?]} The drainage basin in India includes the states and union territories of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Ladakh and Haryana.^[7]^[8]

^ "Sutlej valley". The Free Dictionary.
^ "Rivers Network". 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ Asiatic Society of Bengal (1848). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 17, Part 1. p. 210, paragraph two.
^ "Bhakra Beas Management Board". wrmin.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 August 2005.
^ "Page 290, The Ravi- Beas Water Tribunal Report (1987)" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ "Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project, India". power-technology.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
^ "Lower Sutlej basin area" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference WRIS geo-visualization was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Sutlej valley". The Free Dictionary.

[2] "Rivers Network". 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[3] Asiatic Society of Bengal (1848). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 17, Part 1. p. 210, paragraph two.

[4] "Bhakra Beas Management Board". wrmin.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 August 2005.

[5] "Page 290, The Ravi- Beas Water Tribunal Report (1987)" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[6] "Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project, India". power-technology.com. Retrieved 14 May 2011.

[WRIS_Lower_Sutlej-7] "Lower Sutlej basin area" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[WRIS_geo-visualization-8] Cite error: The named reference WRIS geo-visualization was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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