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River Hydaspes

The Jhelum River is a major river in , flowing through and , and is the westernmost of the five major rivers of the region.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in India and Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Bihat”, “Hydaspes”, “Jehlam River”, “Jehlum River”, “Jhelam River”, “Jhelum River”, “Vehat”, “Veth River”, “Vitastā”, and “Vyeth”

River Hydaspes

Latitude
31.16853° or 31° 10′ 7″ north
Longitude
72.15066° or 72° 9′ 2″ east
Elevation
147 metres (482 feet)
Open location code
8J3J5592+C7
Geo­Names ID
1114957
Wiki­data ID
Q214874
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Wu Chinese—“River Hydaspes” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Biδάστης”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὑδάσπης”
  • Arabic: “جِهْلَمُ”
  • Arabic: “نهر جهلم”
  • Armenian: “գետ Հնդկաստանում և Պակիստանում”
  • Armenian: “Ջելամ գետ”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Jhelum”
  • Belarusian: “Джэлам”
  • Bengali: “বিতস্তা নদী”
  • Bhojpuri: “जेहलम”
  • Bhojpuri: “झेलम नदी”
  • Bhojpuri: “झेलम”
  • Bulgarian: “Джелам”
  • Bulgarian: “Хидасп”
  • Catalan: “Behut”
  • Catalan: “Hidaspes”
  • Catalan: “Hydaspes”
  • Catalan: “Jehlam”
  • Catalan: “Riu Jhelum”
  • Catalan: “Vitasta”
  • Cebuano: “Jhelum River”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری جێھلۆم”
  • Chinese: “傑赫勒姆河”
  • Chinese: “吉拉姆河”
  • Chinese: “杰赫勒姆河”
  • Chuvash: “Джелам”
  • Czech: “Džehlam”
  • Czech: “Džéhlam”
  • Czech: “Dželam”
  • Czech: “Džhelam”
  • Czech: “Džihlam”
  • Czech: “Hydaspes”
  • Czech: “Jhelum”
  • Danish: “Jhelum”
  • Dhivehi: “Jhelum River”
  • Dhivehi: “ޖެހެލަމް ކޯރު”
  • Dutch: “Hidaspes”
  • Dutch: “Hydaspes”
  • Dutch: “Jhelum (rivier)”
  • Dutch: “Jhelum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيلم”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝelum”
  • Estonian: “Jhelam”
  • Estonian: “Jhelum”
  • Finnish: “Hydaspes”
  • Finnish: “Jehlum”
  • Finnish: “Jhelum”
  • French: “Hydaspe”
  • French: “Jhelum”
  • Georgian: “ჯელამი”
  • German: “Jhelam”
  • Greek: “Υδάσπης ποταμός”
  • Greek: “Υδάσπης”
  • Hebrew: “ג’לום”
  • Hindi: “झेलम नदी”
  • Hindi: “झेलम”
  • Hindi: “दरयाऐ जहलम”
  • Hindi: “बागमती नदी”
  • Hindi: “वितस्ता नदी”
  • Hindi: “वितस्ता”
  • Ido: “Rivero Jhelum”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Jhelum”
  • Irish: “Jhelum”
  • Italian: “Idaspe”
  • Italian: “Jehlum”
  • Italian: “Jhelum”
  • Japanese: “ジェーラム川”
  • Japanese: “ジェールム川”
  • Japanese: “ジェルム川”
  • Japanese: “ヒュダスペス川”
  • Kashmiri: “جہلِم دٕریاو”
  • Kashmiri: “جَہلَم دٔرؠ یاو”
  • Kashmiri: “وؠتھ دٕریاو”
  • Korean: “젤럼 강”
  • Korean: “젤룸강”
  • Latin: “Hydaspes”
  • Latvian: “Džheluma”
  • Lithuanian: “Dželamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Džhelamas”
  • Macedonian: “Хидасп”
  • Macedonian: “Џелам”
  • Maithili: “झेलम नदी”
  • Malay: “Sungai Jhelum”
  • Malayalam: “Jhelum River”
  • Malayalam: “ജെഹ്‌ലം നദി”
  • Malayalam: “ഝലം നദി”
  • Malayalam: “ഝലം”
  • Malayalam: “ഝേലം നദി”
  • Malayalam: “വിതസ്ത”
  • Marathi: “झेलम नदी”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯელამი”
  • Nepali: “झेलम नदी”
  • Nepali: “वितस्ता नदी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jhelum”
  • Norwegian: “Jhelum”
  • Oriya: “ଝେଲମ ନଦୀ”
  • Ossetian: “Джелам”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੇਹਲਮ ਦਰਿਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੇਹਲਮ”
  • Persian: “جهلم”
  • Persian: “رود جهلم”
  • Persian: “رود جهلوم”
  • Persian: “رودخانه جهلم”
  • Persian: “رودخانهٔ جهلم”
  • Polish: “Dźhelam”
  • Polish: “Dżhelam”
  • Polish: “Hydaspes”
  • Polish: “Urdu Jhelam”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Jelum”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Jhelum”
  • Pushto: “جهلم سيند”
  • Romanian: “Jhelum”
  • Romanian: “Râul Jhelum”
  • Russian: “Витаста”
  • Russian: “Гидасп”
  • Russian: “Джелам”
  • Sanskrit: “वितस्ता”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱷᱮᱞᱚᱢ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱷᱮᱞᱚᱢ ᱱᱟ.ᱭ”
  • Serbian: “Џелам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dželam”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dželum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hidasp”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jehlum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jhelum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Reka Dželam”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Reka Dželum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rijeka Jhelum”
  • Sindhi: “جهلم ندي”
  • Sindhi: “جھلم ندي”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جهلم چایی”
  • Spanish: “Hidaspes”
  • Spanish: “Rio Jhelum”
  • Spanish: “Río Jhelum”
  • Swedish: “Jhelum”
  • Tamil: “ஜீலம் ஆறு”
  • Telugu: “జీలం నది”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำเฌลัม”
  • Turkish: “Celum Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Джелам”
  • Urdu: “جہلم دریا”
  • Urdu: “جہلم”
  • Urdu: “دریائے جہلم”
  • Urdu: “دریاۓ جہلم”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Jhelum”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Jhelum”
  • Welsh: “Afon Jhelum”
  • Western Panjabi: “جہلم دریا”
  • Western Panjabi: “دریائے جہلم”
  • Western Panjabi: “دریائے وہت”
  • Western Panjabi: “دریائے ویہت”
  • Western Panjabi: “وہت دریا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویہت دریا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویہت”
  • Wu Chinese: “杰赫勒姆河”
  • “झेलम नदी”

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