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Five Sisters
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Location : |
Indian Himalayas
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Five Rivers : |
Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej
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Ancient Names Of The Rivers : |
Vitasta, Askini, Irawati, Vipasha And
Shatadru
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Spear Headed by Glacier
Before the birth of Pakistan
this configuration of rivers was one of the most magnificent features of the
Indian sub-continent. Came 1947, the year of partition and roughly two thirds of
the length of this river system was assigned to Pakistan. But the rivers still
take birth on the Indian side and still go crashing through the Himalayas to
create some of the most spectacular scenery to be found anywhere in the world.
They are a source of life for man and beast alike, for the forests they nourish
and the crops they irrigate on course. These mountain rivers have taken aeons
crafting their valleys, spearheaded by glaciers, helped by natural upheavals
like earthquakes and the movement of the earth's plates and more recently,
thwarted by dams and hydel projects. They command awe and reverence, not unmixed
with fear.
Indian scientists studying
Himalayan glaciers fear an acute shortage of natural drinking water in Himachal
Pradesh state based on studies of the Beas and Baspa basins from 1962 to 2001.
About 67 percent of the nearly
12,124 square miles of Himalayan glaciers are receding and in the long run as
the ice diminishes, glacial runoffs in summer and river flows will also go down,
leading to severe water shortages in the region.
The Gangotri glacier, the
source of the Ganga, India's holiest river, is retreating 75 feet a year. And
the Khumbu Glacier in Nepal, where Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay began their
ascent of Everest, has lost more than 3 miles since they climbed the mountain in
1953.
Journey of the River
The very names of these rivers
roll like music-Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. Their ancient names were
more musical still: "Vitasta", "Askini", "Irawati", "Vipasha" and "Shatadru". It
is with Shatadru that one's odyssey begins because it is the longest and fastest
of these five rivers.
Rafting Tours on
Himalayan Rivers
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Before the birth of Pakistan
this configuration of rivers was one of the most magnificent features of the
Indian sub-continent. Came 1947, the year of partition and roughly two thirds of
the length of this river system was assigned to Pakistan. But the rivers still
take birth on the Indian side and still go crashing through the Himalayas to
create some of the most spectacular scenery to be found anywhere in the world.
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