WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Where is the Indus River located? The Indus River originates in the mountains of Tibet. It flows northwestward into India and continues west into Pakistan. The river turns south and flows to the Arabian Sea.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus River originates in Tibet and follows a circuitous route southward through the Himalaya Mountains to the Arabian Sea, emptying into the ocean southeast of the coastal city of Karachi.

Detailed explanation-3: -The basin stretches from the Himalayan mountains to the north to the dry, alluvial plains of Sindh province in Pakistan and flows out into the Arabian Sea. The upper Indus river basin lies in a high mountain region resting in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalayan ranges.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world, extend 1, 500 miles west from the Brahmaputra River to the Karakorum, a mountain range that extends 300 miles and lies between the Indus River to its east and the Yarkand River to its west.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5, 000 years, spread over much of what is presently Pakistan.