Indus River

Indus River Facts

Basin Population: 193,000,000 people
Type:watershed or basin, river or creek


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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.

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

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
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