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Chenab River
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Location |
Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh
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River Valleys Include |
Chandra River Valley, Bhaga River Valley And
Chandrabhaga River Valley
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Also Known As |
Sindhu
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Significance |
Three Major Parts Of the Lahaul Region
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Chandra River is one of the two
rivers; the other one is Bhaga, which merges to form the Chenab in the Lahaul
region of Himachal Pradesh. The chenab river rises in the Himalayan Ranges of
Kashmir and flows through the plains of the Punjab, forming the boundary between
the Rechna and the Jech Doabs. Its joins the Jhelum river at uch sharif to form
Panjnad, a cributary of the Indus. The total length of the chenab is
approximately 960 kilometeres.
The River was known to Indians
in vedic period as Asikni and the Greeks as the Acesines. In 325, Alexender the
Great founded the town of Alexender (Present day Uch) at the confluence of the
chenab and Sutlej Rivers. It rises in the snows lying at the base of the main
Himalayan range in the Lahaul and Spiti district. The picturesque lake of
Chandra Tal forms at this rivers source site. Both Chandra and Bhaga rivers meet
at Tandi forming Chandrabhaga or Chenab, which flows northeast. It passes at
Raoli, the last village of Lahaul, into Chamba district. Also known as Pattan
Valley, the area beyond Thirot is called Chamba-Lahaul because of the of the
Chamba supremacy in the past.
Energy Source of the
Himalayan Region
The valley area of Chndrabhaga
in Lahau region is about 777-sq-kms. The soil and the people of this area are
considered to be the richest in the region. Main villages over here include
Tholand, Shasha, Lote, Jahlman, Thirot and Udaipur.
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