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Alchi Monastry one of the oldest monastries built in around the 10th century
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Indus River Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region , the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir Province of Indian and then enters Pakistan via the Northern Areas ( Gilgit - Baltistan ), flowing through the North in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan , to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh . The total length of the river is 3,180 kilometers (1,976 miles) and it is Pakistan's longest river. The river has a total drainage area exceeding 1,165,000 square kilometers (450,000 square miles). The river's estimated annual flow stands at around 207 cubic kilometers, making it the twenty-first largest river in the world in terms of annual flow. Beginning at the heights of the world with glaciers , the river feeds the ecosystem of temperate forests, plains and arid countryside. Together with the rivers Jhelum , Che...