Canal | MCQs

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·         The Nara Canal is a deepened delta channel of the Indus River in Sindh province.

·         The canal runs from above the Sukkur Barrage through the districts of Khairpur, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar to the Jamrao Canal.

·         The Nara is the longest canal in Pakistan, running for about 226 mi (364 km).

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The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest and oldest canal in the world.

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Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq  was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388.

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 The Lower Chenab Canal is a canal in Pakistan.

It was dug in 1892 and originates from Khanki Headworks,

which is situated on the River Chenab in Gujranwala District.

Some distributaries coming out of Lower Chenab Canal are the Jhang Branch, the Rakh Branch and the Gugera Branch Canal.

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Canal Bank Road is a major eight lane east-west signal free road which extends along the banks of the Lahore Canal in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

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The Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan.

 Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India

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The Kotri Barrage, also known as the Ghulam Muhammad Barrage, was opened in 1955.

The right-bank canal provides additional water to the city of Karachi.

Four feeder canals, three on the left and one on the right bank of River Indus off-take from this Barrage