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Case Studies linked to Indus River

• Baglihar Hydroelectric Plant - Issue between Pakistan and India
• Conflict Management Strategies Among Riparians Within the Indus River Basin

Articles linked to Indus River

Riparians	Water Features
Located in this basin- India Located in this basin- China Located in this basin- Afghanistan Located in this basin- Pakistan Located in this basin- Nepal

Projects and Initiatives	Agreements and Treaties

Riparian	Population in Basin	Area within Basin in sq. km	Irrigated Lands within Basin in sq km	Average Discharge in cubic m per second
India	83.656 million83,656,000 people	383,163 km²147,940.061 mi²	383,163 km²147,940.061 mi²	475,331 m³/s16,786,155.837 cfs 15,000.02 km³/y
China	0.0341 million34,100 people	85,622 km²33,058.839 mi²	1,686,000 km²650,968.239 mi²	9,506.6 m³/s335,722.41 cfs 300 km³/y
Afghanistan	11.658 million11,658,000 people	71,905 km²27,762.676 mi²	262,700 km²101,429.037 mi²	12,675.476 m³/s447,630.215 cfs 400 km³/y
Pakistan	144.831 million144,831,000 people	597,103 km²230,542.757 mi²	262,700 km²101,429.037 mi²	190,132 m³/s6,714,448.209 cfs 5,999.996 km³/y
Nepal	2.0e-6 million2 people	21 km²8.108 mi²	0 km²0 mi²	0 m³/s0 cfs 0 km³/y

• Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (TFDD) (2012). Oregon State University. — This website is used to aid in the assessment of the process of water conflict prevention and resolution. Over the years we have developed this Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, a project of the Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, in collaboration with the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.