Source: Near Rohtang Pass, Beas Kund, Himachal Pradesh (southern end at Pir Panjal)
Mouth : Sutlej River
The Beas River flows through the Indian states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
Its total length is 470 kilometres
Drainage basin is 20,303 square km
As of 2017, the river is home to a tiny isolated population of the Indus dolphin.
Veda Vyasa, the author of the Indian epic Mahabharata, is the eponym of the river Beas; he is said to have created it from its source lake, the Beas Kund.
The Beas River marks the easternmost border of Alexander the Great's conquests in 326 BCE. It was one of the rivers which created problems in Alexander's invasion of India.
Pong Dam was completed in 1974.
At the confluence with the Sutlej river, Harike barrage was constructed to divert the combined water flows of both rivers to irrigation canals to serve Rajasthan and Punjab areas.
The water of the Beas river is allocated to India under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan.
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