TOTAL AREA = 6000 hectares
COASTAL BELT = 200km
ANNUAL FLOW= 150 Million Acre Feet (decreases to 35 MAF due to barrages)
The indus delta extended over an area of some 6000 hac. on the border between
Pakistan and India. A vast complex of river channels and creeks. Low lying sandy
Island, mangrove swamps and intertidal mudflats covering about 200 km of outer
edge of the delta.
Over the past 40 years, the indus river has been progressively dammed and diverted
for irrigation and , Power generation and domestic and industrail water supply
for this series of barrages and dams has been contructed and further more likely to
be construct (like Kala Bagh Dam).
In the lower Indus basin, saline water (saltiness over 45ppt) intrusion is becoming
a serious problem.
