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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

The construction of the Chenab bridge was approved in 2003, but faced delays and missed deadlines because of the region's treacherous topography, safety concerns and court cases.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024

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

Look out on a large scale map the place where the Chenab river falls into the Indus fifteen miles or so above the hamlet of Chachuran.

From Life's Handicap by Kipling, Rudyard