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The Indus Waters Treaty: Legal Analysis with Special Reference to the Dispute Settlement Mechanism

The Indus Waters System           The Indus river is about 1,800 miles long. Its western tributaries (Kabul, Kurram) are more than 700 miles; the eastern tributaries (Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) have an aggregate length of more than 2,800 miles. The system drains 450,000 square miles, and is one of the largest in the world. […]