Kunhar River
The Kunhar River (Urdu: دریائے کنہار) or River Kunhar, is a 177 kilometres (110 mi) long river, located primarily in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. It is in the Indus River watershed basin.
Origin and route
Kunhar is the main river in the Naran Valley. It originates from the Lulusar Lake, near the Babusar Pass at the elevation of 3455m, in the Kaghan Valley. Melting snow and natural tributaries are the main source of water for the Kunhar river. It joins Jhelum river at Pattan.
See also
References
- ^ Fahim Zaman (29 Nov 2020). "Death of a River". Dawn.
- ^ Abbasi, Arshad Mehmood; Shah, Munir Hussain; Khan, Mir Ajab (2014-10-15). Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas: Ethnobotanical and Nutraceutical Aspects, Volume 1. Springer. p. 13. ISBN 978-3-319-09543-1.
- ^ Öztürk, Münir; Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Faridah-Hanum, I.; Efe, Recep (2015-05-05). Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems. Springer. pp. 156–163. ISBN 978-3-319-12859-7.
Sources
- Bundschuh, Jochen; A, Mario César Suárez (2010-07-05). Introduction to the Numerical Modeling of Groundwater and Geothermal Systems: Fundamentals of Mass, Energy and Solute Transport in Poroelastic Rocks. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-415-40423-5.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saiful Muluk Lake.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kunhar River.
34°17′N 73°29′E / 34.283°N 73.483°E