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10/12/2017 RupnarayanRavi River River -- Britannica -- Britannica Online Online Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Rauvpin Rarivaeyran River Rupnarayan River, river in West BengRaal vist aRtiev,e nr,o irnt hneoarstthewrne sItnedrina .I nItd riiase asn ads nthoert Dhehaaslteesrhnwari (Dhalkisor) in the Chota Nagpur platePaauk fisotoatnh, iollns en oorft thheea s�tv eo ft trhibeu ctaitryie osf oPfu trhueli aIn adnuds fRoilvleorw tsh at tortuous southeasterly course past thgei vceit tyh oef PBuannjkaubr a(m, wehaenrine git “iFsi vken oRwivner as”s) tihtse n Dawmaer.k Iet srwiseasr. iInt is joined by the Silai River near the totwhne oHfi mGhaalatyaal,s w inh eHriem ita tcahkael sP trhaed ensahm seta Rteu, pInndairaa,y aannd. T �hoews river then joins the Hugli (Hooghly) afwteers ct-onmorpthlewtiensgt ap a15st0 C-mhailme (b2a4,0 t-ukrmni)n cgo suoruseth. Twheest at the Rupnarayan, which originally formedb ao wunedstaerryn o efx Jiat mofm thue aGnadn Kgeash (Gmainr gstaa)t Re.i vTehre, irsi vimerp tohretnant for its irrigation potential. It is tidal th�rouwgsh t oit sth een Ptiarek icsotaunrsi eb aonrdde cr oannsdt iatulotensg a it p froirn mcipoarel dthananger to naRavivig Riveratio,n near of Chamba,the Hu gHimachalli River becau5s0e mit ifloersc (e8s0 t hkem H) bugefloi troe denepteorsinitg s iPlta ukpisotann d’sa Pnugnejraobus shoals. Pradesh, India. province. It �ows past Lahore and turns west near Vjdchauhan Source: Kamalia, emptying into the Chenab River south of Ahmadpur Sial after a course of about 450 miles (725 km). "Rupnarayan River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. ThEen chyycdlorpæolodgiya oBfr itthanen Ricaav Iin isc .c, 2o0n1t7r. oWllebd. 1b2y O scptr. i2n0g1 7s nowmelt and the South Asian monsoon that br<ihntgtpss h://ewawvyw r.abrinitsa nfrnoicma. cJoumne/pl taoc Se/eRputpenmarbaeyar.n T-hReiv eRr>a.vi has had �ood discharges in excess of 600,000 cubic feet (17,000 cubic metres) per second during the summer monsoon season, but during the winter the �ow is substantially reduced, together with the suspended sediment load. The Ravi’s waters are used for irrigating large areas of land along its course. The Upper Bari Doab Canal, with headworks at Madhopur at the northern tip of the Indian Punjab state, was completed in 1878–79; it irrigates a large area east of the Ravi in India, and its distributary canals extend into Pakistan. The two countries had frequent disputes over the water before concluding the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960, which allocated the water of the Ravi to India, in exchange for which Pakistan received exclusive rights to the waters of the Indus and its western tributaries. The Lower Bari Doab Canal, completed in 1917, lies entirely in Pakistan. "Ravi River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2017. Web. 12 Oct. 2017 <https://www.britannica.com/place/Ravi-River>. https://www.britannica.com/print/article/492285.britannica.com/print/article/512925 1/1 .

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