{"id":363938,"date":"2026-05-30T16:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363938"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:16:44","slug":"chandra-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chandra-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandra River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Sissu village on the Chandra River is facing concerns due to the expanding Ghepan Lake and the risk of a glacial lake outburst flood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Chandra River<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363952\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-363952\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-ResearchGate-6.jpg?resize=442%2C262&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chandra River\" width=\"442\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-ResearchGate-6.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-ResearchGate-6.jpg?w=762&amp;ssl=1 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Origin<\/strong>: The Chandra River originates <strong>from a huge snow bed on the south-eastern side of Baralacha La (in Himachal Pradesh)<\/strong>\u00a0and rises among the snows lying at the foot of the main Himalayan range.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source<\/strong>: The river is <strong>fed by numerous glaciers throughout its course<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The largest glaciers are the <strong>Shigri Glacier on its left bank and the Samundari Glacier on its right bank.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Course:<\/strong>\u00a0It flows through the <strong>Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh<\/strong> and <strong>passes through areas such as Khoksar, Sissu and Gondhla.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chandra Tal Lake lies along its course<\/strong> and has an outlet into the river.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>river travels through a cold desert region<\/strong> and descends steadily until Tandi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Confluence:<\/strong> At <strong>Tandi<\/strong>, the <strong>Chandra River meets the Bhaga River and their combined waters flow together.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Birth of Chenab:<\/strong> After the <strong>confluence at Tandi, the combined waters of the Chandra and Bhaga rivers form the Chandrabhaga or Chenab River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Sissu village on the Chandra River is facing concerns due to the expanding Ghepan Lake and the risk of a glacial lake outburst flood. About Chandra River Origin: The Chandra River originates from a huge snow bed on the south-eastern side of Baralacha La (in Himachal Pradesh)\u00a0and rises among the snows lying at the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chandra-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chandra River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-363938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}