The Indus has defined the inhabitants of regions east of the Indus since at least the last 4000 years. In Avestan, the word Hendu denotes a natural frontier, a river, and Hapta Hendu was an ...

Map of the Indus River basin with tributaries labeled. Yellow regions are non-contributing parts of the watershed (e.g. the Thar Desert). [Photo by Keenan Pepper / CC BY-SA 4.0] The IWT—brokered ...

Graphic: Map illustrating the Indus River system with its major rivers highlighted in blue, showing their geographical locations across the India-Pakistan region.

Exclusive: India weighs plan to slash Pakistan water supply with new Indus river project By Sarita Chaganti Singh , Krishna N. Das , Aftab Ahmed , Charlotte Greenfield and Ariba Shahid May 16 ...

Q2: How vulnerable is Pakistan? A2: Pakistan depends critically on the Indus.Over three-quarters of the country’s annually available renewable water resources come from outside its borders, almost ...