Swat River flows from Karakorum Mountains to flows into Kabul River in Swat, Sarhad, Pakistan. Swat river flows through Kalam valley and merges with Kabul River. Swat River irrigates vast area of Swat District. The Swat River has fishing industry. Saidu Group's of teaching hospitals also located at the banks of Swat River. Malamjaba ski resort is about 10 miles away from the river. Ayub Bridge is one of the attractions for visitors. The scenery attracts many tourists from all over Pakistan during the summer. It is said that Alexander the Great crossed the Swat River with part of his army and before turning south to subdue the locals at what are now Barikoot and Odegram. Also, the banks of this river, which was earliest known as "Shrivastu", later "Suvastu" and currently the present name, is the palce of origin of Shrivastava sub-clan of Indo-Aryan Kayastha clan. Karakoram- In the mountainious region of Gilgit-Baltistan or the Northern Areas of Pakistan, the Karakoram is one of the great Himalayan mountain ranges, with many of the highest and most daunting peaks of the world. ... The Kabul River is a river than originates Sanglakh Range of Afghanistan and flows 700km to join the Indus River in Pakistan. ... Special response teams are heavily armed and armored. ... North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ... Kalam (علم الكلم)is one of the religious sciences of Islam. ... Swat District is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. ... Malamjaba Ski Resort, Swat, Sarhad, Pakistan Malamjaba (Zaid) Hill Station and Ski Resort is located Swat, Sarhad, Pakistan. ... Alexander the Great (Greek: Μέγας Αλέξανδρος Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC — June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), is considered one of the most successful military commanders in world history, conquering most of the world known to the ancient Greeks before his death. ... Shrivastava is one of the 12 subclans of Kayastha clan. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Kāyastha or Kayasth is a Indo-Aryan clan (Maha-parivar) who claim to be Brahmins of Aryavarta (Vedic India), but eventually came to be regarded in the Kaliyuga as a mixed group of Vaishyas and Shudras, and originally served Brahmins. ...

Some 30 years ago, the water was fit for drinking even in Mingora (100 km downstream from Kalam), but now it is not safe even in Kalam.