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How does the Panjnad River connect the Punjab rivers to the Indus River?

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Physical map showing the Indus River basin and its drainage network across parts of Pakistan, India, China, and Afghanistan. The map details river courses, tributaries, canals, dams, irrigated and marsh areas, sand regions, and elevation changes with shaded relief. International, disputed, and control boundaries are marked, and a small locator map in the corner shows the basin's position within South Asia. — Indus River The Indus River basin and its drainage network.

The Panjnad River serves as the vital link between the five major rivers of the Punjab region and the Indus River.

The Panjnad River is formed just below Uch by the successive junctions of the Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Jhelum, and Chenab rivers. After these five rivers combine, the Panjnad flows for approximately 44 miles (71 km) in a southwest direction before merging into the Indus River near Mithankot. This confluence significantly increases the volume of the Indus, which then continues its course through the Punjab Plain and eventually toward the sea.12