Indus RiverLifeline Of Mankind

•Rivers carry water and nutrients to areas all Rivers carry water and nutrients to areas all around the earth. They play a very around the earth. They play a very important part in the water cycle, acting as important part in the water cycle, acting as drainage channels for surface water. Rivers drainage channels for surface water. Rivers drain nearly 75% of the earth's land drain nearly 75% of the earth's land surface. Rivers provide excellent habitat surface. Rivers provide excellent habitat and food for many of the earth's and food for many of the earth's organisms .organisms .

•There are many important rivers in Indian subcontinent some of them are :-•Brahmaputra• Indus •Ganga•Yamuna

•The Brahmaputra also called as Tsangpo is a trans boundary river and also one of the major rivers in Asia .

•Indus is a major river which flows through Pakistan . It also courses through western Tibet and northern India .

The river Ganga perhaps is the holiest river in India River . Ganga has 140 species of fish and 90 species of amphibian dolphins .

•According to Indian Mythology river Yamuna is the daughter of The Sun God (Surya) and sister of The God Of Death (Yamm) .

•The Indus River, also called the Sindhū River, has a total length of 3,180 km which makes it one of longest rivers in Asia. It flows through Pakistan, the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and western Tibet .

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•The Indus River is a major south-flowing river in South Asia and is the locus of some of the earliest known human civilizations . The Indus River supplies essential ingredients for human life for many urban areas including the Pakistani cities.

• During the reign there was no slavery and everybody had a work to do .

• But in the earlier age there were less medium of transportation and trading .

• In today’s age there are less chances of getting a profitable work for that reason there is poority in the world .• There is a benefit In today’s age that there are different was of transportation and trading.

• The Mesopatanium model or irrigated agriculture was used to take advantage of the fertile grounds along the Indus River.• Earthen walls were built to control the river’s annual flooding . Crops grown included wheat , barely , peas , melons , and sesame .

• Today we are having advance technology for irrigating the fields.

• Boundaries are made to protect the crops and not let them damage by wild animals.

• The cities of Indus Civilization were built of baked bricks of equal size . The streets were equal angled and had a elaborate drainage system.

• Production of several metals like copper , bronze , lead and tin . The discovery of kilns were first made by them .

• In today’s age the buildings are organized according to the population.

• Today there are more minerals and more equipments for finding them.

• There are concerns that extensive deforestation, industrial pollution and global warming are affecting the vegetation and wildlife of the Indus delta, while affecting agricultural production as well. There are also concerns that the Indus river may be shifting its course westwards – although the progression spans centuries.

By this presentation we get aware of the present scenario of the Indus river and it shows that we have not taken any care of it. So now we should determine that we have to make it as green as it was so we can live a thousand years and increase the deadline of the extinction of mankind

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