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'''ইণ্ডাছ নদী''' ('''Indus River'''/'''Sindhu River /''' '''Abasin ({{lang-ps|اباسين}}))''' এছিয়াৰ দীৰ্ঘতম নদীসমূহৰ ভিতৰত অন্যতম ৷ এই নদী পাকিস্তান, ভাৰতৰ জম্মু আৰু কাশ্মীৰ আৰু পশ্চিম তীব্বতৰ মাজেৰে বৈ গৈছে ৷ ইণ্ডাছ নদী মানস সৰোবৰৰৰ কাষৰ তীব্বত মালভূমি ([[Tibetan Plateau]]) ৰ পৰা উৎপন্ন হৈ লাডাখৰ মাজেৰে বৈ গৈ পাকিস্তান হৈ কৰাচীৰ ওচৰত আৰ’বিয়ান সাগৰত মিলিত হৈছেগৈ ৷ এই নদীৰ মুঠ দৈৰ্ঘ্য {{convert|3,180|km|mi|abbr=on}}৷ ইণ্ডাছ নদী পাকিস্তানৰ দীৰ্ঘতম নদী৷<ref>{{cite journal
'''ইণ্ডাছ নদী''' also called '''Sindhu River ({{lang-sd|<big> سنڌو دريا </big>}})''' and also known as '''Abasin ({{lang-ps|اباسين}}) in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]'''; is one of the longest [[List of rivers of Asia|rivers in Asia]]. It flows through [[Pakistan]], the [[India]]n state of [[Jammu and Kashmir]] and western [[Tibet]]. Originating in the [[Tibetan Plateau]] in the vicinity of [[Lake Mansarovar]], the river runs a course through the [[Ladakh]] region of [[Jammu and Kashmir]], towards [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] and then flows in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into the [[Arabian Sea]] near the port city of [[Karachi]] in [[Sindh]]. The total length of the river is {{convert|3,180|km|mi|abbr=on}}. It is Pakistan's [[List of rivers in Pakistan|longest river]].<ref>{{cite journal
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এই নদীৰ মুঠ অপবাহৰ কালি ( [[drainage area]]) {{convert|1,165,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} ৰো অধিক ৷ ইয়াৰ বাৰ্ষিক প্ৰবাহ (annual flow) প্ৰায় {{convert|207|km3|abbr=on}} যাৰ ফলত বাৰ্ষিক প্ৰবাহৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত এই নদীয়ে বিশ্বৰ ভিতৰতে একবিংশতিতম স্থান লাভ কৰিছে ৷
The river has a total [[drainage area]] exceeding {{convert|1,165,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Its estimated annual flow stands at around {{convert|207|km3|abbr=on}}, making it the twenty-first largest river in the world in terms of annual flow. The [[Zanskar River|Zanskar]] is its left bank tributary in [[Ladakh]]. In the plains, its left bank tributary is the [[Chenab]] which itself has four major tributaries, namely, the [[Jhelum River|Jhelum]], the [[Ravi River|Ravi]], the [[Beas River|Beas]] and the [[Sutlej]]. Its principal right bank tributaries are the [[Shyok River|Shyok]], the [[Gilgit River|Gilgit]], the [[Kabul River|Kabul]], the [[Gomal River|Gomal]] and the [[Kurram River|Kurram]]. Beginning in a mountain spring and fed with [[glaciers]] and rivers in the [[Himalayas]], the river supports [[ecosystems]] of temperate forests, [[plain]]s and arid countryside.<ref>{{cite journal
এই নদীৰ লাডাখত থকা উপনৈখন হৈছে [[Zanskar River|Zanskar]] ৷ সমতলত থকা আন এখন উপনৈ হৈছে [[Chenab]] যাৰ নিজৰে চাৰিখন উপনৈ আছে- [[Jhelum River|Jhelum]], [[Ravi River|Ravi]], [[Beas River|Beas]] আৰু [[Sutlej]]৷<ref>{{cite journal
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ইণ্ডাছ নদীয়ে বৈদিক ঋকবেদত ’সপ্ত সিন্ধু’ বুলি উল্লেখ কৰা বৰ্তমানৰ পাকিস্তানৰ বৰ্তমানৰ ব-দ্বীপ গঠন কৰিছে ''৷'' এই নদীয়ে প্ৰাচীন কালৰে ৰা নানা আশ্চৰ্য্যৰে পৰিব্ৰাজক আৰু ইতিহাসবিদসকলক আকৰ্ষিত কৰি আহিছে ৷<ref>{{cite journal
The Indus forms the [[Indus River Delta|delta]] of present-day Pakistan mentioned in the [[Vedic]] [[Rigveda]] as ''[[Sapta Sindhu]]'' and the [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Zend Avesta]] as ''[[Hapta Hindu]]'' (both terms meaning "seven rivers"). The river has been a source of wonder since the Classical Period, with King Darius of [[Persia]] sending his Greek subject [[Scylax of Caryanda]] to explore the river as early as 510 BC.<ref>{{cite journal
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