Kishanganga River
The Neelum River, also known as Kishanganga River, is a river in the Kashmir region in the Indian subcontinent. It originates in the Ganderbal district of Indian-administered Kashmir, flows through the Neelam Valley into Pakistani-administered Kashmir, where parts of its course fall along the Line of Control, before merging with the Jhelum River near the city of Muzaffarabad.
- Type: River
- Description: river in India and Pakistan
- Also known as: “Kishan Ganga River”, “Kishen Ganga River”, “Kishenganga River”, “Kiskanganga”, “Neelam River”, “Neelum River”, “Nheelum River”, “Nilam”, “Nīlam”, “Nilam River”, “נהר נילאם”, and “کرشن گنگا ندی”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Muzaffarabad Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muzaffarabad.
Kishanganga River
- Categories: transboundary river and body of water
- Location: Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.34017° or 34° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
73.47928° or 73° 28′ 45″ east
Elevation
666 metres (2,185 feet)
Open location code
8J6M8FRH+3P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kishanganga River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر نيلم”
- Bengali: “নীলাম নদী”
- Cebuano: “Nīlam River”
- Chinese: “尼勒姆河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيلم”
- French: “Neelum”
- German: “Nilam”
- Gujarati: “કૃષ્ણગંગા નદી”
- Hebrew: “נהר נילם”
- Hindi: “किशनगंगा नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Neelum”
- Irish: “Abhainn Neelum”
- Japanese: “ニーラム川”
- Kashmiri: “نِلم دریاو”
- Maithili: “किशनगंगा नदी”
- Malayalam: “നീലം നദി”
- Marathi: “किशनगंगा नदी”
- Panjabi: “ਨੀਲਮ ਦਰਿਆ”
- Sindhi: “نيلم ندي”
- Spanish: “Río Neelum”
- Tamil: “நீலம் ஆறு”
- Telugu: “నీలం నది”
- Urdu: “دریائے نیلم”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Neelum”
- Welsh: “Afon Neelum”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے نیلم”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chatter Domail and Ambore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Upper Chatter Kids Park and Jamia Masjid Bilal Ambor.
Azad Kashmir: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Muzaffarabad and Mirpur.
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