13 feet water above than dead level recorded at Tarbela.ISLAMABAD, 06 April , 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Water level is improving in all the water reserves especially in major reservoirs of the country Tarbela and Mangla day by day due to recent rains. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. data released by Indus River Indus River Trans-Himalayan river of southern Asia. It is one of the world's longest rivers, with a length of 1,800 mi (2,900 km). Its annual average flow of 272 billion cu yd (207 billion cu m) is twice that of the Nile. System Authority (IRSA IRSA Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque (Italian: Water Research Institute) IRSA International Rett Syndrome Association IRSA International Rural Sociology Association IRSA International Radiosurgery Support Association ) here on Monday, 1382.64 feet water level was recorded at Tarbela, the largest water reservoir of the country which was more than 13 feet higher than the dead level 1369 at the dam. Tarbela Dam Tarbela Dam (or the National Dam) (Urdu: تربیلا بند ) is a large dam on the Indus River in Pakistan. It is located about 50 kilometers northwest of Islamabad, and a height of 485 ft above the river bed and a received a total inflow 29,400 cusecs on Monday morning and 24,000 cusecs water was released from the Dam. However, water level at Mangla, the second largest water reservoir of the country was recorded 1111.90 feet which was about 72 feet higher than the dead level which is 1040 feet. Mangla Dam received total inflow 39,725 cusecs water on Monday morning and 28,000 cusecs water was released according to the official data. Water inflow 24,000 cusecs was recorded at Tarbela and 14,868 cusecs inflow was recorded at Marla of Chenab River. A total inflow in all the rivers was recorded 10, 7993 cusecs and 90,868 cusecs water was released on Monday. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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