{"id":367475,"date":"2026-07-15T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367475"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:22:00","slug":"poonch-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/poonch-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Poonch River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> As a precautionary measure, the Municipal Council of Poonch, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, has relocated municipal solid waste away from the Poonch River to prevent it from entering the river during the monsoon season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About the Poonch River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367478\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-367478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images.jpg?resize=300%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Poonch River\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images.jpg?w=536&amp;ssl=1 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>snow-fed perennial<\/strong> <b>river which <\/b>flows <strong>through Jammu and Kashmir in India<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Pakistan-administered Kashmir.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u00a0<\/b>It is also known as <b>Punch River<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Punch Tohi<\/b>, and <b>Tohi of Punch<span style=\"font-size: 17.7083px;\">.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originates in the south-facing foothills of <strong>Pir Panjal\u00a0range, in the areas of Neel-Kanth Gali and Jamian Gali.<\/strong> It is called <strong>&#8216;Siran&#8217; (Suran) in this area.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>flows south and then west until it reaches the town of\u00a0Poonch,<\/strong> after which it bends southwest, finally draining into the<strong>\u00a0Mangla Reservoir\u00a0near Chomukh.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong>Tributary of:<\/strong> It is a tributary of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jhelum-river\/\">Jhelum River<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> The prominent tributaries of the river are<strong> Mandi,\u00a0Nimbal Katha, Darungli , Betaar, Ranguri and Rangar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dam:<\/strong> The <strong>Gulpur Hydropower Plant<\/strong> is a key<strong> dam project located on the Poonch River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It is also <strong>known as a breeding ground for some endangered Mahaseer species<\/strong> and also <strong>provides habitat for several indigenous and exotic fish species<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: As a precautionary measure, the Municipal Council of Poonch, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, has relocated municipal solid waste away from the Poonch River to prevent it from entering the river during the monsoon season. About the Poonch River It is a snow-fed perennial river which flows through Jammu and Kashmir in India\u00a0and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. \u00a0It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/poonch-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poonch River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,1],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-367475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367475","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}