Indus River

Indus River
noun
an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
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the valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization

Syn: ↑Indus
Instance Hypernyms: ↑river

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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