Jhelum river
Topic: Drainage System of India: Rivers, Basins and Patterns · NCERT: Class 11, Ch 3 "Drainage System"
Meaning
The Jhelum is a tributary of the Indus and one of the five rivers of Punjab. It rises from a spring at Verinag, at the foot of the Pir Panjal range in the Kashmir valley. It flows through Srinagar and through Wular Lake, which soaks up its floodwater. It then cuts a deep gorge and enters Pakistan. It joins the Chenab near Jhang. Under the Indus Waters Treaty (1960), it is a western river given to Pakistan.
Example
In Srinagar the Jhelum flows slowly through the city. Further down it passes through Wular Lake, one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes and a Ramsar site since 1990. India's Kishanganga project uses water from this system.
Don't confuse with
- Chenab river: the larger river that the Jhelum joins. The Chenab is formed at Tandi in Himachal Pradesh, not at a spring in Kashmir.