The Jhelum River is the largest and most western of the five rivers of the Punjab province of Pakistan, and passes through Jhelum City. It is a tributary of the Indus River. It was called Vitasta by Indians in Vedic period and the Hydaspes by Greeks. Alexander the Great crossed the Jhelum in 326 BC to defeat Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes. He built a city on the banks of the river which he named Bukephala (or Bucephala) named after his famous horse Bukephalis which was buried there. It is thought that ancient Bukephala was near the site of modern Jhelum City. The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. ... Jhelum City is a town in the Punjab Province in Pakistan. ... The Indus (Sindh darya), known as Sindhu to Indians and in Sanskrit, as Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin, is the principal river of Pakistan. ... Hydaspes is the ancient Greek name for the modern-day Jhelum river. ... Alexander the Great fighting the Persian king Darius (Pompeii mosaic, from a 3rd century BC original Greek painting, now lost). ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 331 BC 330 BC 329 BC 328 BC 327 BC - 326 BC - 325 BC 324 BC 323... For the mythological figures, see Porus (Greek mythology) and Porus (Roman mythology). ... The battle of the Hydaspes River was a battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against the Indian king Purushotthama (better known as Porus) on the Hydaspes River (now the Jhelum) in present-day Pakistan. ... Bronze statue of Alexander on Bucephalus Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy Bucephalus (meaning ox-head) was Alexander the Greats horse. ... A goldeneye can be: A duck belonging to the genus Bucephala, which includes Bucephala clangula, the Common Goldeneye Bucephala islandica, Barrows Goldeneye Bucephala albeola, Bufflehead These are small seaducks. ...

Course

The river rises from north-eastern Jammu and Kashmir and is fed by glaciers, and then passes through the Srinagar district. The Neelum River, the largest tributary of the Jhelum, joins it near Muzaffarbad, as does the next largest, the Kunhar River of the Kaghan Valley. It is joined by the Poonch river, and flows into the Mangla dam reservoir in the district of Mirpur. It enters the Punjab in the Jhelum District. From there, it flows through the plains of the Punjab, forming the boundary between the Chaj and Sindh Sagar Doabs. It ends in a confluence with the Chenab at Trimmu. Chenab after merging with Sutlej ends in Indus river at Mithankot. Jammu and Kashmir is the northern-most state of the Republic of India, with Srinagar as its summer capital and Jammu as its winter capital. ... Mouth of the glacier Schlatenkees near Innergschlöß, Austria. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Khan (sometimes spelled as xan, han) is a title meaning ruler in Mongolian and Turkish. ... The Manga Dam in Pakistan is the twelfth largest dam in the world. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. ... The Jhelum District is one of the Districts of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. ... A Doab, meaning two waters is a term used in India and Pakistan for a tract of land between two confluent rivers. ... The Chenab River rises in the Himalayan ranges of Kashmir and flows through the plains of the Punjab, forming the boundary between the Rechna and the Jech Doabs. ... The Sutlej, also known as Satluj, is the longest of the five rivers of Punjab (five waters) that flows through Northern India, with its source in Tibet near Mount Kailash. ... Mithankot (a. ...

Dams and Barrages

• Mangla, completed in 1967, is one of the largest earthfill dams in the world, with a storage capacity of 5.9 million acre-feet (7.3 km³)
• Rasul Barrage, constructed in 1967, has a maximum flow of 850,000 ft³/s (24,000 m³/s).

• Trimmu Barrage, constructed in 1939 at the confluence with the Chenab, has maximum discharge capacity of 645,000 ft³/s (18,000 m³/s).

The Manga Dam in Pakistan is the twelfth largest dam in the world. ...

Canals

• Upper Jhelum Canal. Runs from Mangla to the Chenab.
• Rasul-Qadirabad (RQ) Link Canal. Runs from the Rasul barrage to the Chenab.
• Chashma-Jhelum (CJ) Link Canal. Runs from Chashma barrage to the Jhelum River downstream of Rasul barrage.

The Chenab River rises in the Himalayan ranges of Kashmir and flows through the plains of the Punjab, forming the boundary between the Rechna and the Jech Doabs. ...

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