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Chenab

American  
[chi-nahb] / tʃɪˈnɑb /

noun

  1. a river in S Asia, flowing SW from N India to the Sutlej River in E Pakistan. About 605 miles (1,085 km) long.


Chenab British  
/ tʃɪˈnæb /

noun

  1. a river rising in the Himalayas and flowing southwest to the Sutlej River in Pakistan. Length: 1087 km (675 miles)

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Rescuers carried residents to safety in boats after disaster authorities warned of "exceptionally high" floods along the Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

It took more than 20 years for the Indian railways to finish the bridge - over Chenab river - which ascends high over a deep ravine in the Reasi district of Jammu.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2024

In June, unseasonal snowfall and severe cold weather conditions in Chenab valley of Jammu and Kashmir left hundreds of tribal families stuck on road sides, with little food or fodder.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2022

At a border post on the Pakistani side, an officer of the Chenab Rangers peered through binoculars toward the Indian position half a mile away, and spotted a shadow near the pinkish post.

From New York Times Aug. 27, 2014

The next river we had to cross was the Chenab.

From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)

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