Indus River
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Indus River Facts
Type:river/stream/creek"River/stream/creek" is not in the list of possible values (watershed or basin, river or creek, lake, reservoir, aquifer, wetland, bayou or swamp, estuary, bay, sea and ocean or other saline water body, non-specified fresh water feature) for this property.
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The Indus River has an annual average flow of 238 km3/yr and the watershed has multiple trans-national riparian states including, Afghanistan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.[1]
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
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External Links
- 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.
| Riparian | Population in Basin | Area within Basin in sq. km | Irrigated Lands within Basin in sq km | Average Discharge in cubic m per second |
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| 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 |
- ^ Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at: http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/research/case_studies/Indus_New.htm
