Beas (river)
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| location | Himachal Pradesh , Punjab ( India ) | |
| River system | Indus | |
| Drain over | Satluj → Panjnad → Indus → Indian Ocean | |
| source | at the Rohtang Pass 32 ° 21 ′ 59 ″ N , 77 ° 5 ′ 8 ″ E |
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| Source height | 4360 m | |
| muzzle | near Harike (south of Amritsar ) in the Satluj coordinates: 31 ° 9 ′ 8 ″ N , 74 ° 58 ′ 17 ″ E 31 ° 9 ′ 8 ″ N , 74 ° 58 ′ 17 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 210 m | |
| Height difference | 4150 m | |
| Bottom slope | 8.8 ‰ | |
| length | 470 km | |
| Catchment area | 20,303 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Parbati , Sainj , Kunah Khad , Swan | |
| Right tributaries | Uhl , Chakki Khad , Baner Khad | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Pong Dam , Larji Dam , Pandoh Dam | |
| Small towns | Mandi , Manali , Kullu | |
 Beas at Kullu , Himachal Pradesh, India |
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The Beas ( Hindi : बियास biyās , Biyas ; also ब्यास byās , Byas ) is an approximately 470 km long river in the north-west of India .
course
The Beas rises near the Rohtang Pass in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the southern Himalayas , flows through the cities of Manali , Kullu and Bhuntar in a north-south direction , where the Parbati joins. Then it turns to the southwest and flows south of Amritsar in the state of Punjab into the Satluj .
use
Below the Kullu valley , its water is dammed up to generate electricity and z. T. in the Satluj to Bilaspur in a line, which is also called Satluj Hydral Channel , derived. The Beas also forms the border between the Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur districts in Punjab, India. It serves as a source of irrigation, with its water being channeled to the fields; that is why its river bed falls dry in some places after no or little rainfall. Some of its water reaches the Harike reservoir with the Satluj and from there into the Indira-Gandhi Canal , which supplies large parts of the (semi) desert Thar in Rajasthan with water approx. 250 to 450 km to the southwest .
Myth and History
Some researchers identify the Beas to the already Rigveda mentioned mythical river Saraswati .
Alexander the Great's conquests in India may have ended on Beas. The ancient name of the river, which is mostly used in this context, is Hyphasis ( Greek Ὕφασις ).
Web links
- Beas - Map + info (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Empire and Expeditions of Alexander the Great . 1833. Retrieved July 26, 2013.