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	River delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh and West Bengal), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Kaveri, the Ayeyarwady, and the Mekong.
		A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, desert or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
		Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these divide and come together again to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_delta (558 words)

	Indus River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Indus River Delta is an important region for migrating water birds, and is an area rich in freshwater fauna.
		As it descends into Pakistan, the Indus river forms a distinctive boundary of ethnicity and cultures - upon the western banks the population is largely Pashtun, Balochi and of Afghan stock, with close cultural, economic and ethnic ties to Iran and Afghanistan.
		The Indus, (known in Tibetan as the Sengge Chu ('Lion River') and in Sanskrit and Hindi as the Sindhu) is the longest and one of the most important rivers in South Asia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indus_River (2435 words)

	Animal Info - Indus River Dolphin
		The Indus River dolphin occurs in the Indus River Delta and Rann of Kutch Global 200 Ecoregion.
		When the Indus was a free-flowing river, the Indus River dolphin would migrate upstream into the smaller tributaries during the monsoon rains and migrate downstream to the main channels in the dry season.
		Although it is not usually considered to be gregarious, relatively high densities of the Indus River dolphin are found at sites where rivers join, in areas where the current is relatively weak, off the mouths of irrigation canals, and near villages and ferry routes.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/cetacean/platmino.htm (1176 words)

	Indus (river) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Indus (river)
		It turns southwest to enter the Punjab and is joined at Attock by the Kabul River from Afghanistan, and then flows southwest for 1,600 km/1,000 mi to its delta some 80 km/50 mi south of Karachi.
		The Indus rises in the Kailas Mountains in Tibet, near the sources of the Brahmaputra, Sutlej, and Ghaghara, and flows northwest for over 800 km/500 mi through Tibet and then Kashmir, between Ladakh and Zanskar mountain ranges.
		In 1960 the use of its waters, including those of its five tributaries, was divided between India (rivers Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) and Pakistan (rivers Indus, Jhelum, Chenab).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Indus+(river) (238 words)

	WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Indus River Delta (156)
		Dams on the river reduce flows in lower portions of the system and limit the transport of fertile sediments downstream into the delta.
		Many fish species live in or migrate through the waters of the Indus River Delta.
		Before it pours into the Arabian Sea, the Indus creates a wide delta of swamps, streams, and extensive mangroves.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/g200/g156.html (503 words)

	River delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh and West Bengal), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Kaveri, the Ayeyarwady, and the Mekong.
		A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, desert or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
		Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these divide and come together again to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_delta (558 words)

	River delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Cauvery, the Irrawaddy, and the Mekong.
		A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
		Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these divide and come together again to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_delta (558 words)

	River delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh and West Bengal), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Kaveri, the Ayeyarwady, and the Mekong.
		A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, desert or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
		Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these divide and come together again to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_delta (557 words)

	River delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh and West Bengal), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Kaveri, the Ayeyarwady, and the Mekong.
		A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, desert or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
		Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these divide and come together again to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_delta (558 words)

	Kalabagh Dam
		At the ends of its travel the river cascades into a delta where, over the centuries, it has developed a 650,000 acre thick mangrove forest which sustains exotic and colourful life in plants, reptiles and mammals.
		Flowing through the whole length of Sindh and literally bisecting it River Indus inundates, a swatch of land, at an average 4 km wide, during its peak flood season (July 20 to Sep 30).
		The majestic River Indus originates at 5183 metres above sea level in the glaciers of northern slopes of Kailash Parbat in Tibet.
	www.sanalist.org /kalabagh/a-5.htm (1930 words)

	INEBOLI - LoveToKnow Article on INEBOLI
		Collaterally much new information has been obtained about the ancient beds of the river, the sites of ancient cities and the extraordinary developments of the Indus delta.
		The Indus after receiving the other rivers carries down into Sind, in the high flood feason, turbid water containing silt to the amount of ~ii part by weight, or 1~f by volumeequal to 6480 millions of cubic ft. in the three months of flood.
		The record rise (since British occupation of the Punjab) is 80 ft. At its junction with the Panjnad (the combined rivers of the Punjab east of the Indus) the Panjnad s twice the width of the Indus, but its mean depth is less, and its velocity little more than one-third.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /I/IN/INEBOLI.htm (2291 words)

	SIND - LoveToKnow Article on SIND
		The Indus is twice bridged: at Rohri where the main line crosses the river and a branch goes off to Quetta; and at Kotri, opposite Hyderabad, whence a narrow-gauge line was opened into Rajputana in 1900, and another branch runs S. to Budin in the delta.
		The inundation canals of the Indus have, therefore, been carried to a high degree of perfection, though the water of the river cannot be fully utilized until the proposed barrage is constructed at Sukkur.
		The latter had their capital at Tatta, in the delta of the Indus, which continued to be a seaport until the 18th century.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIND.htm (2291 words)

	The Nation
		The major cause of degradation of Indus Delta is continuing shortage in the flow of fresh water of River Indus.
		Due to this enormous quantity of fresh water and the silt the river brought with it, the delta lands were believed to be the richest in the area.
		The discharge from the river was large enough to push back the ocean currents up to over a hundred miles from the shore.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/dec-2004/2/nationalnews9.php (2291 words)

	Indus Delta Project
		While material in the main Indus River that reaches the foreland has a similar isotopic fingerprint to the material in the Pleistocene (and older) Indus Fan, the material in the modern river close to the coast is too radiogenic (i.e.
		Alternative theories to explain the apparent sediment distribution pattern include seasonal variability of the Indus bedload, large-scale sediment sequestering in the delta and major changes in the Indus drainage system since the Pleistocene.
		However, in order to interpret this record it is essential to understand what sediment the modern Indus River delivers to the coast and how this is transported to the deep sea fan.
	www.whoi.edu /pclift/IndusDeltaProject.html (813 words)

	sindh
		River Indus flows here as a single river and the plain comprises a vast fertile tract stretching westward from the narrow strip of flood plain on the right bank of River Indus, and a vast expanse of desert stretching eastward from the left bank.
		But, the plain area right of River Indus is green with a vast stretches of vegetation lined everywhere with avenues of trees.
		Further south, stretches the Indus Delta, which is a savage waste.
	www.raizent.com /sindh.htm (813 words)

	Sindh
		River Indus flows here as a single river and the plain comprises a vast fertile tract stretching westward from the narrow strip of flood plain on the right bank of River Indus, and a vast expanse of desert stretching eastward from the left bank.
		But, the plain area right of River Indus is green with a vast stretches of vegetation lined everywhere with avenues of trees.
		Further south, stretches the Indus Delta, which is a savage waste.
	www.pak.gov.pk /public/people/landpeo(sindh).htm (813 words)

	Alexander
		Alexander stayed here for one year for rest.(The site of this city still not excavated) and from here he sailed to Thatta a famous sea port at the delta of River Indus in a specially prepared fleet.
		Near the delta of the Nile River he founded a new city, to be named Alexandria after him.
		Alexander, however, was determined to press on to the eastern limit of the world, which he believed was not far beyond the Indus River.
	www.alpine.com.pk /alexander.html (813 words)

	The Nation
		River Indus is showing receding trend at Sukkar Barrage as the flood wave is moving from there to the Kotri Barrage.
		However, River Indus is flowing steadily at Kalabagh where water discharge remained 413,800 cusecs.
		This will continue during the next couple of days”, Shoukat Ali Awan said adding that no damage would be done from Kotri to onward as there was river delta till Kaiti Bundar.
	www.nation.com.pk /daily/july-2005/16/index15.php (550 words)

	Civil Service Newsletter Issue no. 54
		With intensive studies underway to improve infrastructural links between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta, and developers pushing the Government to open up the Frontier Closed Area, government agencies and local 'Tongs' are ensuring the natural heritage is being preserved.
		The remaining works of the Upper River Indus are scheduled for completion in early 2004.
		overlooking the Ng Tung Ho (River Indus) and called it "Sheung Shui (village above the water)", even though it was colloquially known for many years as Sheung Yue City because it was near Sheung Yue Ho (River Beas).
	www.csb.gov.hk /hkgcsb/csn/csn54/54eng/t29-31.htm (550 words)

	MSN Encarta - India
		The east coastâs broad alluvial plains, stretching from the KÄveri River delta in the south to the MahÄnadÄ« River delta in the north, are intensely farmed.
		Flowing west to join the Indus River in Pakistan are the BeÄs, ChenÄb, Jhelum, RÄvi, and Sutlej, all rivers of the Punjab (Hindi for âfive riversâ) region of India and Pakistan.
		The waters of all these rivers are used to irrigate crops, but the amount stored for purposes of irrigation and power generation varies enormously from river to river depending, among other things, on the number of dams on the river.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557562/India.html (550 words)

	[Eco-list] SUKKUR: 'Indus water unfit for human consumption, agriculture'
		SUKKUR: 'Indus water unfit for human consumption, agriculture' The Dawn, By Our Correspondent, 20/7/2002 http://www.dawn.com/2002/07/20/local26.htm SUKKUR, July 19: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has started a phased programme spread over 15 years to rid the Indus river, right from Guddu to the delta, of pollution and contamination.
		The EPA officials stressed the need for vigorous efforts on mass level to contain inflow of industrial fluid and waste into the Indus.
		Speaking at a news conference at the EPA office here on Friday, officials of the agency, Wiqar Hussain Phulpoto and Mashood Siddiqi, said that three teams of experts had spent 25 days on a comprehensive research on the river water after collecting samples from different sections of the Guddu-Mancher Lake course.
	lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/eco-list/2002-July/002705.html (550 words)

	Delta Works articles on Encyclopedia.com
		9,269,265), largest city and former capital of Pakistan, SE Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea near the Indus River delta.
		401,397), Andhra Pradesh state, E central India, in the Godavari River delta.
		It is a center of the tobacco industry and headquarters of the Godavari irrigation works.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Delta+Works (509 words)

	Culture Hearths of Asia
		Three of the major "culture hearths" or "cradles of civilization" are covered in depth: The Tigris and Euphrates river valleys (Mesopotamia), the Indus River valley, and the Hwang Ho River valley.
		The pictures of the Nile valley, Mesopotamia (Tigris, Euphrates River Valley), India (Indus River Valley), and China (Hwang Ho River Valley) are numbers 69, 77, 89, 96, 103, 105, 115, 132, and 134.
		At the mouth of a river, the water spreads over this built-up sediment as the materials continue to be carried downstream and then drop out, forming the delta.
	fga.freac.fsu.edu /academy/ascult.htm (7317 words)

	WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Indus River Delta (156)
		But the most unusual member of the ecoregion is the endangered Indus River dolphin, one of four species of freshwater dolphin in the world.
		Heavy rains swell the Indus River during the monsoon season from June to September.
		After thousands of years of living in cloudy water, the Indus River dolphin has nearly lost its eyesight because it no longer needs it.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/g200/g156.html (503 words)

	Indus River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Indus, a misnomer for Sindh nadi (Nadi literally means "river"), known as the Sindhu in Sanskrit, Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin, is the principal river of Pakistan.
		The Indus River in northern Pakistan, near the rock Aornus.
		The ultimate source of the Indus is actually in Tibet; it begins at the confluence of the Sengge River and Gar River that drain the Nganglong Kangri and Gangdise Shan ranges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indus_river (477 words)

	River delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Kaveri, the Irrawaddy, and the Mekong.
		A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
		Sometimes a river will divide into multiple branches in an inland area, only to rejoin and continue to the sea; such an area is known as an inland delta, and often occur on former lake beds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_delta (477 words)

	Indus River
		The Indus is one of the few rivers in the world that exhibit a tidal bore.
		The Indus (known as Sindhu in ancient times) is the principal river of Pakistan.
		The ultimate source of the Indus is actually in Tibet ; it begins at the confluence of the Sengge River and Gar River that drain the Nganglong Kangri and Gangdise Shan ranges.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/in/indus_river_1.html (477 words)

	Animal Info - Indus River Dolphin
		The Indus River dolphin occurs in the Indus River Delta and Rann of Kutch Global 200 Ecoregion.
		When the Indus was a free-flowing river, the Indus River dolphin would migrate upstream into the smaller tributaries during the monsoon rains and migrate downstream to the main channels in the dry season.
		The government of Sind has given the Indus River dolphin full legal protection and established the Indus River Dolphin Reserve.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/cetacean/platmino.htm (477 words)

	Project South Asia
		Besides these, there are many small inundation canals, which draw off water from each of the Five Rivers, and from the Indus, when they are in flood during the hot weather.
		Bengal is thus the gift of its rivers, and every part of it has, at one time or other, been delta-formed.
		The Brahmaputra valley extends from the Himalaya bend to the Garo bend of the river, and lies between the Himalayas on the north and the line of the Patkai, Naga, Jaintia, Khasi, and Garo Hills on the south.
	www.mssu.edu /projectsouthasia/GEOGRAPHY/SecondaryDocs/NewGeography.htm (18942 words)

	Articles - River delta
		Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the RhÃ´ne, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Kaveri, the Irrawaddy, and the Mekong.
		A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
		Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these divide and come together again to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
	www.foreverd.com /articles/River_delta (451 words)

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