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Jhelum [ˈdʒiːləm] n (Placename) a river in Pakistan and Kashmir, rising in W central Kashmir and flowing northwest through the Vale of Kashmir, then southwest into N West Punjab to join the Chenab River: important for irrigation, having the Mangla Dam (Pakistan), completed in 1967. Length: about 720 km (450 miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the 1960s, Pakistan built a mammoth dam on the river Jhelum to generate electric power and store water for irrigation. There was a village that eked out an existence on an island in the middle of the Jhelum River, one of the main tributaries that forms the mighty Indus. |
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