Veshaw River

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Veshaw River
Location
Country India
State Jammu and Kashmir
Region Kashmir Valley
District Kulgam
Physical characteristics
Source 33°30′44″N74°46′08″E / 33.512287°N 74.768780°E / 33.512287; 74.768780
  location Kausar Nag
  elevation3,500 m (11,500 ft)
Mouth 33°49′05″N75°03′58″E / 33.818°N 75.066°E / 33.818; 75.066
  location
Rambi Ara near Sangam
  elevation
1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left Rambi Ara
  right Jhelum River

The Veshaw River is a major tributary to the River Jhelum located in Kulgam District in the Kashmir Valley in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It originates in the Pir Panjal Range and forms a waterfall at Aharbal. [1]

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Course

The river originates from a oligotrophic lake Kausarnag located at an elevation of 3,962.4 metres above sea level in District Kulgam. The river forms a water fall in Aharbal and passes through Adabal,Nehama,Adigen, Laisoo, Gudder, Brazloo, Ashmuji, Kelam, Nawapora, Qaimoh and joins with river Jehlum at Sangam. [2]

Flash floods

In year 2014 flash floods, Veshaw Nallah washed away various residential houses in villages Laisoo, Ardigatno, Gund Kelam Kulgam etc. Also hundreds of square kannals(area) of horticultural as well as agricultural land washed away in Village Laisoo Kulgam. The Veshaw Nallah is considered one of the dangerous tributary of Jehlum River because fast flow and frequent flash floods. [3]

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  3. Service, Tribune News. "13 houses washed away in Kulgam flash floods". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 28 December 2020.