![anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board](https://docplayer.net/docs-images/65/54211695/images/1-0.jpg)
Beyond this confluence, the river, at one time, was named the Satnad River ( sat = "seven", nadī = "river"), as the river now carried the waters of the Kabul River, the Indus River and the five Punjab rivers. It is joined by the Panjnad at Mithankot. The remainder of its route to the sea is in the plains of the Punjab and Sindh, where the flow of the river becomes slow and highly braided. It flows swiftly across Hazara and is dammed at the Tarbela Reservoir. The Indus passes gigantic gorges 4,500-5,200 metres (15,000-17,000 ft) deep near the Nanga Parbat massif. It gradually bends to the south and descends into the Punjab plains at Kalabagh, Pakistan. The Shyok, Shigar and Gilgit rivers carry glacial waters into the main river. The Indus then flows northwest through Ladakh, India, and Baltistan into Gilgit, just south of the Karakoram range. The ultimate source of the Indus is in Tibet the river begins at the confluence of the Sengge Zangbo and Gar Tsangpo rivers that drain the Nganglong Kangri and Gangdise Shan (Gang Rinpoche, Mt. The Indus also supports many heavy industries and provides the main supply of potable water in Pakistan. The word Punjab means "land of five rivers" and the five rivers are Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, all of which finally flow into the Indus. The Indus River provides key water resources for Pakistan's economy – especially the breadbasket of Punjab province, which accounts for most of the nation's agricultural production, and Sindh. From the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the name passed to the Greeks as Indós (Ἰνδός). The variation between the two names is explained by the Old Iranian sound change *s > h, which occurred between 850 and 600 BCE according to Asko Parpola. This river was known to the ancient Indians in Sanskrit as Sindhu and the Persians as Hindu which was regarded by both of them as "the border river".
![anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board](https://docplayer.net/docs-images/65/54211695/images/17-0.jpg)
![anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board](https://www.molbiolcell.org/cms/10.1091/mbc.e17-04-0228/asset/images/medium/3134fig1.tif.gz.gif)
The Indus ( / ˈ ɪ n d ə s/ IN-dəs) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans- Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. Shyok River, Hunza River, Gilgit River, Swat River, Kunar River, Kabul River, Kurram River, Gomal River, Zhob River
![anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board anne fabry gomm @hong kong tourism board](https://img.yumpu.com/19673425/1/190x249/o-received-by-nsd-fara-registration-unit-02-21-2012-125628-pm-.jpg)
Zanskar River, Suru River, Soan River, Jhelum River, Chenab River, Ravi River, Beas River, Sutlej River, Panjnad River, Ghaggar-Hakra River, Luni River 3,249 km (2,019 mi) actual as mentioned in History Books.