Sutlej
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Sutlej
The longest of five rivers that run through Punjab in both India and Pakistan.
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After the Indus Water Treaty on 1960 World Bank decided that River Sutlej, Ravi and Beas water will be used by India and River Indus, Jhelum and Chenab water will be used by Pakistan.
Using U-Pb dating of zircon sand grains they found that sediments typical of the Beas, Sutlej and Yamuna rivers (Himalayan tributaries of the Indus) are actually present in former Ghaggar-Hakra channels.
The two major shifts were the drying of one of the important tributaries of the Sarasvati, resulting in reduced volume of water and the capture of the river Sutlej by the river Beas which rendered part of the river dry.
This means that the Beas had already captured the Sutlej away from the Sarasvatī, dwarfing its water supply.
While the Sutlej is fed by Himalayan glaciers, the Sarsuti is but a small local river depending on rain water.