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Jhelum
Jhelum River-Pakistan.jpg
Jhelum River photographed in Pakistan, c. 2006
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Map showing the Jhelum's watercourse [1].
Native name
Other name(s) Hydaspes, Bidaspes, Vitastā, Bihat, Wihat, Bihatab, Biyatta, Jailam
Countries  India(Indian administrated Jammu and Kashmir),  Pakistan
Physical characteristics
Main source Verinag Spring
River mouth Chenab River
Length 725 km (450 mi)
Discharge
(location 2)
  • Average rate:
    221.19 m3/s (7,811 cu ft/s)

(near Baramulla)
Basin features
River system Indus River
Tributaries

The Jhelum River is a river of northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is the westernmost of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Srinager District. It is a tributary of the Indus River and has a total length of about 725 kilometres (450 mi).

Lakes

Dams and barrages

Jhelum River-Pakistan
Jhelum River in Pakistan

The river has rich power generation potential in India. Water control structures are being built as a result of the Indus Basin Project, including the following:

  • Mangla Dam, completed in 1967, is one of the largest earthfill dams in the world, with a storage capacity of 5,900,000 acre-feet (7.3 km3)
  • Rasul Barrage, constructed in 1967, has a maximum flow of 850,000 ft³/s (24,000 m³/s).
  • Trimmu Barrage, constructed in 1939 some 20 km from Jhang Sadar at the confluence with the Chenab, has maximum discharge capacity of 645,000 ft³/s (18,000 m³/s).
  • Haranpur (Victoria Bridge) Constructed in 1933 Approximate 5 km from Malakwal near Chak Nizam Village. Its length is 1 km mainly used by Pakistan Railways but there is a passage for light vehicles, motorcycles, cycles and pedestrians at one side.
  • Kishanganga Hydroelectric Plant 330 MW Hydro electric station is located in Jammu and Kashmir state

Canals

  • The Upper Jhelum Canal runs from Mangla Dam to the Chenab.
  • The Rasul-Qadirabad Link Canal runs from the Rasul Barrage to the Chenab.
  • The Chashma-Jhelum Link Canal runs from the Chashma Barrage on the Indus River to the Jhelum river downstream of Rasul Barrage. This is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Mari Shah Sakhira town.

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Images for kids

  • Vitasta at Verinag

    Verinag Spring is a major source of Jhelum River

  • Picjhelum

    A passenger traversing the river precariously seated in a small suspended cradle Circa 1900

  • Jhelum river, Baramullah, Kashmir, 1880s

    Jhelum river, Baramullah, Kashmir, 1880s

  • Jhelum River abt 1900

    Jhelum River c. 1900; photo taken by Eugene Whitehead Esq.

  • Crossing the boiling floods of Jhelum River by a bridge of one raw-hide rope, at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir (c. 1903)

    Jhelum River at Uri in Kashmir, 1903

  • Bridge made of three ropes across the Jhelum river

    Rope Bridge at Karli, 1908

  • Srinagar (Kashmir), 1969, bridge over the Jelhum river.

    Bridge over the river, Srinagar, 1969

  • Jehlum River Muzaffarabad best view

    Jhelum river near Muzaffarabad (2014)

  • Jehlum- River Muzaffarabad

    Near Muzaffarabad, 2014

  • Jhalum river water fall at verinag

    The Jhelum at Verinag, 2014

  • Jhelum River Bridge

    Jhelum River at Jhelum City, 2005

See also

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