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606:"Flood peak from Jammu threatens key barrages"
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585:Punjab Irrigation Department
452:Marala Headworks is a large
121:Punjab Irrigation Department
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795:, Oxford University Press,
491:after the two tributaries.
16:Barrage in Punjab, Pakistan
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666:Water Resources Management
153:500,000 feet (150 km)
44:A view of Marala Headworks
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487:where it is known as the
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1103:Dams on the Chenab River
1088:Locks (water navigation)
241:Marala headworks in 1915
1113:Dams completed in 1968
1098:Irrigation in Pakistan
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533:Marala ravi link canal
426:Marala–Ravi Link Canal
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395:Lower Bari Doab Canal
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68:32.67333°N 74.46389°E
161:15 feet (4.6 m)
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419:Indus Waters Treaty
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320:Upper Chenab Canal
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177:Up to 1.1 million
175:Discharge capacity
118:Maintained by
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1059:Swat River
995:Ravi River
956:Mangla Dam
591:References
499:, join at
415:Bahawalpur
403:Montgomery
384:Ravi River
284:Tawi river
59:74°27′50″E
56:32°40′24″N
694:153763960
467:Geography
442:Sulemanki
191:headworks
129:Hydraulic
126:Operation
569:See also
529:Pakistan
405:and the
397:via the
98:Pakistan
84:Waterway
674:Bibcode
540:wetland
527:in the
503:in the
493:Chandra
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411:Bikaner
388:Balloki
233:History
199:Sialkot
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407:Multan
272:3miles
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104:County
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521:India
501:Tandi
497:Bhaga
485:India
454:hydro
386:near
189:is a
179:cusec
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