Where does the Indus River empty into the sea?

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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 Indus River empties into the Arabian Sea through a vast delta located south-southeast of Karachi, Pakistan. Near the city of Tatta, the river branches into numerous distributaries that form this delta, which spans approximately 3,000 square miles and stretches about 130 miles along the coast.1