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	Sutlej River - LoveToKnow 1911
		SUTLEJ, a river of' India, one of the "Five Rivers" of the Punjab.
		In the time of Ranjit Singh the Sutlej formed the boundary line between the Sikh and British dominions, and the Sikh states south of the river still bear the title of Cis-Sutlej.
		The Sutlej supplies two systems of irrigation works: the Sirhind canal, which draws off the whole of the cold season supply of the Sutlej at Rupar, Ioo m.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sutlej_River (227 words)

	Sutlej - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sutlej River (Punjabi: ਸਤਲੁਜ, Urdu: ستلج‎, also known as Satluj), is the longest of the five rivers that flow through Indian Punjab in northern India.
		The Sutlej was known as Shatadru or Sutudri to Indians in Vedic period and Zaradros or Hesidros to the Greeks, and Sydrus to the Romans.
		The waters of the river are allocated to India under the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sutlej_River (307 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Punjab must protect its interests
		For example, in the early stages of the British initiative to exploit the rivers of the Indus Basin for canal irrigation, the State of Patiala approached the British government with the proposal to meet the expenses for the surveys to build the Sirhind Canal on the river Sutlej mainly to irrigate its own agricultural tracts.
		The dispute must be with respect to (a) the use, distribution or control of the waters of any inter-State river or river valley, or (b) the interpretation of the terms, or the implementation, of a subsisting agreement relating to the condition(s).
		An objection raised by the government of Rajasthan against the drawing of water from a canal on the Sutlej river to cool the plant, was used as a pretext.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /082004/river_waters_psc.htm (4534 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sutlej is a mighty river that originates in Tibet from Lake Mansarovar and Rakas Tal.
		The hydropower potential in the Sutlej river basin is estimated at 9,000 MW, of which only 1,500 MW has been tapped so far by the Nathpa-Jhakri power project.
		A river basin with such a high potential for power generation is certainly an asset for the nation.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050629/asp/opinion/story_4925136.asp (606 words)

	Rafting & Kayaking In Sutlej River, White Water Rafting In Sutlej River, Rafting In India - Go Adventure Sports
		The Sutlej Valley is blessed with some awe-inspiring natural beauty with forests of Oak, Dedodar and Pine spread across it length and breadth.
		The Sutlej River is one of the most difficult rivers to raft on in India as the waters are fast and furious and the rapids are very technical and tricky.
		The Sutlej river would be entering a narrow gorge and we would be rafting for about 30 Km down that gorge.
	www.goadventuresports.com /sutlej_river_rafting_expedition.html (810 words)

	The Sutlej Saga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To the east of the Sutlej the valleys are narrow while in the west, they are wide and open.
		Many tributaries join the Sutlej River and The Baspa is one of its major tributaries.
		Along with The Beas, The Sutlej enters the Govind Sagar at Bilaspur where its water is used by the Bhakra Nangal Hydel project.
	www.sanglavalley.com /sutlej.php (340 words)

	Sarasvati River: Ancient courses in Sindh, Rann of Kutch and Gujarat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Argandab is a tributary of Helmand River in Afghanistan.
		The river Sarasat unites with the ocean to the east of Suminath.
		This last named river is, of course, the Sarasvati, which falls into the sea near Pattan Som-nath, not the classical river, the tributary of the Ghag-gar, described further on, the sacred river of the Brahmans...
	www.hindunet.org /saraswati/kach/rannofkutch1.html (13089 words)

	Sutlej River,Himalayan Sutlej River,Himalaya Rivers,River in Himalaya Mountain Range (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is from Karcham for about 25-km that the Sutlej is in its most ferocious and challenging moods-boulders, rocks and rubble are tossed around in mighty foaming rapids, the loose strata of the ranges on the flanks further adding to the debris.
		Prior to construction of the Bhakra Dam the Sutlej was most feared for the tremendous damage and misery it caused when in flood.
		The hydel potential of the river is being harnessed by construction of storage dams in its lower sections and through Run of the River projects in its faster sections.
	www.travel-himalayas.com /rivers-himalayas/sutlej-river.html (569 words)

	Ghaggar-Hakra River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The wide river bed of the Ghaggar river suggest that the river once flowed in great strength, and that it formerly continued through eastern Pakistan in the presently dry channel of the Hakra River, possibly emptying into the Rann of Kutch.
		The disappearance of the river may have been caused by earthquakes which may have led to the redirection of its tributaries.
		The beforehand narrow Ghaggar river bed itself is becoming suddenly wider at the conjunction where the Sutlej should have met the Ghaggar river.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Ghaggar.htm (1678 words)

	Sutlej flood loss estimated at Rs 1 bn : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Officials say at least eight bridges have been washed away as the waters of Sutlej have entered the low lying areas and are expected to merge into a reservoir near the town of Bilaspur downstream.
		In August last year, a landslide blocked the flow of Tibet's Parechu river causing an artificial lake to be formed, leading to fears of a flood downstream in Himcahal Pradesh.
		The Parechu river and lake remain frozen in winter but experts have warned the lake could breach its banks in summer with the melting of snows in the high mountains.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1412296,00080001.htm (376 words)

	Reservoir fisheries of India
		All the rivers are snow-fed and hence perennial.
		The river Sutlej, originating from Mansarovar lake on the Tibetan plateau at an elevation of 4572 m, flows in a southwest direction, cutting 915 m deep through the plateau and later entering India after traversing a distance of 320 km in Tibet.
		The Sutlej river receives cool, snow-melt water from the upper catchment during the spring and summer months and from monsoon precipitation during July-September in its lower catchment.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/V5930E/V5930E13.htm (5511 words)

	Pakistan Water Gateway - Key Water Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This river originates in Western Tibet in the Kailas mountain range, near the source of the Indus, the Ganges and the Bhramaputra.
		The Kol Dam project is located on the Sutlej River in India with 4 units and a total installed capacity of 800 MW.
		The data for the River Sutlej collected at Sulaimanki for the 40 years before Indus Water Treaty i.e.
	www.waterinfo.net.pk /fsrs.htm (446 words)

	Sarasvati River: Maps and Images
		Map: Ancient India: Haraquaiti River (Tributary of Kubha River, Afthanistan); Sarasvati River (Witzel, 1987).
		Pushkar; Rajasthan: Sarasvati River, Tributary of Luni River.
		Satellite composite: The white patch in NW India is the semi-arid zone, which is the Sarasvati River Basin Project Area (Satellite image from European Space Agency).
	www.hindunet.org /hindu_history/sarasvati/sarasvati_river/images.html (517 words)

	NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING
		The river Spiti, a major tributary, joins the river Sutlej upstream at village Namgia about 14 km upstream of Pooh and contributes 25% of the sediments to the river Sutlej.
		The elevation of the catchment area drained by the river Spiti ranges from 3048 to 4570 m msl, characterized by the hills with steep slopes and deep gorges.
		Sutlej Catchment Area: The drainage network of the study area was digitized and the major drains along with the area were identified so as to get the information related to catchment area of each Khad such as the landuse/landcover pattern, soil and slope areas under different categories.
	dbtindia.nic.in /women/paper11.htm (1831 words)

	IMAGINING RIVER SARASVATI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Indeed, "the ebb and flow of the ancient Sarasvati river determined the fate of the Harappan Civilization".
		Yet her ‘seven sisters’ are treated as recalling the sapta sindhavah, the ‘Seven Rivers’, of frequent occurrence in the Rigveda, referring obviously to the Indus and her tributaries.
		The tributary we are speaking of is a perennial river with a respectably long catchment area and, in its lower course, forms a broad channel, which still bears the name Sirsa.
	members.tripod.com /ahsaligarh/river.htm (8990 words)

	PunjabiLit: India: River: Sutlej
		Sutlej (Chinese Langqên; Indian Satlej), chief tributary of the Indus River.
		The Sutlej is the southeasternmost of the five rivers of the Punjab, the other four being its two main tributaries, the Beâs and the Chenâb, together with two branches of the latter.
		Below the confluence of the Beâs, the river is sometimes called the Ghara, and its lowest course, after receiving the Chenâb, is called the Panjnad ("five rivers").
	www.punjabilit.com /india/land/sutlej.htm (113 words)

	FISH AND FISHERIES AT HIGHER ALTITUDES: ASIA - TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 385
		As a result of a study of eleven rivers in the northwestern Himalayas, Sehgal (1988) showed that a gradual increase in water temperature and pH corresponds to a decrease in dissolved oxygen, decline in the density of nymphs of mayflies and stoneflies, but in an increase in larval and adult aquatic beetles.
		In the River Gola during 1988-89 the CPUE from 50 castings with a standard net (mesh 2.5 cm knot to knot) in one kilometre stream length ranged from 80 to 610 g/man/hour.
		A high dam on the River Sutlej at Bhakra resulted in a sharp decline in catches of Tor putitora in Gobindsagar reservoir from 40% in 1966 to 0.5% in 1979 (Natrajan and Sehgal, 1982).
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/X2614E/x2614e04.htm (6985 words)

	India 2006
		As the river slowly widened into a lake, we came to the end of our epic journey down the Sutlej, one of India’s big 5 rivers that all originate high on the Tibetan plateau, a journey that had begun 4 days earlier at Rampur, where the river emerges from an impenetrable gorge.
		The rivers are low and manageable in April, before the monsoon, which enables you to push up the valleys and tackle the tight technical upper reaches.
		Most of the rivers offer steep grade 4+ and 5 in their upper reaches, and then gradually become easier and less continuous down the valley towards the plains, easily accessible as it’s all roadside; offering something for everyone.
	www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk /indiawheeler.htm (2209 words)

	Treasury benches demand reclamation of Sutlej from India -DAWN - Top Stories; 28 July, 2004
		Speaking on a motion, moved under Rule 69, the lawmakers demanded that reclamation of the Sutlej river from India should be included in the agenda of talks between the two countries.
		He alleged that under the Indus Waters Treaty, water of three eastern rivers was 'sold out' to India while Mangla Dam, Tarbela Dam, some canals and link canals were constructed to provide water to the areas of lower Punjab and Sindh depriving Bahawalpur from its share.
		Another ruling party MNA from Bahawalpur Farooq Azam Malik said water was an issue of life and death for the people of southern Punjab and called for releasing water in the Sutlej river to meet the requirements.
	www.dawn.com /2004/07/28/top5.htm (751 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		A Ranganathan, a member of the committee of 12 says, "India is a democratic country and the environment groups have a lot of clout which is not true for China." He says this is the principal reason why a comprehensive treaty on water use and the rights of the downstream countries are required.
		The dams, planned for the upper part of the river in China's Yunnan province, would have severely damaged the ecosystems and livelihood of people in Thailand and Myanmar, who depend on the 1,700 mile-long river for fishing and farming, the groups said.
		One, the Fushan dam on the Huai River, was used to block passage across the Huai during an attack against the Wei Kingdom in AD 516.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FH28Df04.html (2430 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sutlej (South Asia Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The combined stream, the Panjnad, channels the collected waters of all five rivers of the Punjab into the Indus River.
		The Sutlej is extensively used for irrigation; many large canals branch from it.
		Until the Sikh Wars in the 1840s, the Sutlej was the border between the Sikh and British spheres of influence.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sutlej.html (176 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Interestingly, the Pareechu river, where a lake was formed last year when a landslide blocked the river’s path, feeds the Spiti.
		This was the second major flood in Sutlej, the last one being in August 2002 when 25 bridges were washed away and more than 100 persons died.
		Out of the total 27 bridges on the Sutlej river from Sumdoh to Suni, as many as 8 had been washed away and of the 11 spans (jhulas) 10 had been wiped out.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050628/main1.htm (1108 words)

	rediff.com: Sutlej mysteriously throws up 50 bodies
		Fifty highly decomposed bodies, including that of five women and two children, have come to the surface of Sutlej river in various villages in Ferozepur district in Punjab, official sources said in Ferozepur on Monday.
		Twelve more bodies were found on Monday and district authorities deployed police personnel along the river and issued directions to social and voluntary organisations not to cremate any body.
		The bodies surfaced after the water level receded between one feet and five feet from the normal of around 12 feet as water discharge was stopped to conduct some repairs.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/apr/09body.htm (209 words)

	AQUATERRA WELCOMES YOU
		A trip to open the Sutlej river ran for the first time as a fixed departure expedition, in February 2004, and is now a regular feature.
		This was the first time the entire river run was filmed successfully, to be made into a 52 minute documentary for international distribution.
		Our river guides were part of first descents on the Lohit, Subansari, first commercial exploratory on the Spiti river.
	www.treknraft.com /great_descent.htm (706 words)

	Two Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In ancient India, the Sutlej was known as the Shatadru - which means 'flowing in a hundred branches'; the Beas was known as the Vipasha, from 'vipash', which means 'without bonds' or 'unfettered.
		The rivers Sutlej and Beas rise in the Himalayas and flow through the mountains of northern India and Pakistan.
		The Sutlej is the fastest and longest of the Himalayan rivers, and is an important source of hydel power.
	www.longlongtimeago.com /llta_myths_tworivers.html (712 words)

	INDOlink - International News - Reclaim Sutlej River From India, Demand Pak Lawmakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Islamabad, July 28 (NNN): Severely attacking the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, a number of Pakistani legislators have demanded reclamation of the Sutlej river from neighbouring India.
		Speaking on a motion, moved under Rule 69, the lawmakers demanded that reclamation of the Sutlej river from India should be included in the agenda of the forthcoming talks with India.
		Pirzada alleged that under the Indus Waters Treaty, water of three eastern rivers was 'sold out' to India while Mangla Dam, Tarbela Dam, some canals and link canals were constructed to provide water to the areas of lower Punjab and Sindh depriving Bahawalpur from its share.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=072704102652 (776 words)

	Nervous wait along the Sutlej - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A devastating flash flood in the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh could be imminent, with news coming in late on Thursday that the water body formed on the Parechu river in Tibet had started overflowing.
		The Centre has ferried to the area necessary supplies as may be required and a chain of wireless sets have been set up along the villages on the banks of the Parechu river, the Spiti downstream and the Sutlej downstream of Khad to pass on warning signals of rising water levels.
		A round the clock vigil is being maintained to monitor the water level in the river after reports from China suggested a controlled blast on the Parechu river.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug132004/i3.asp (637 words)

	India evacuates thousands in northern state after Tibet river rises rapidly
		A flood warning was issued as the level of the Parechu river, which flows from China's Tibet to India, rose 12 to 15 metres (40 to 50 feet) after an artificial lake formed by a landslide breached its banks, said Amandeep Garg, a senior official in the Himachal Pradesh state government.
		No injuries have been reported in the latest flooding, but Garg said in Shimla that some eight bridges were destroyed on Sutlej tributaries north of the town of Kalpa, the start of the Sutlej river valley in Himachal Pradesh.
		Garg said, "Although the river level will drop gradually downstream, we are taking no chances and have asked people to evacuate their homes in places close to the river banks".
	www.terradaily.com /2005/050626173719.6y3akl3k.html (585 words)

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