Tawi

Two of the five rivers (Indus, Satluj, Ravi, Beas and Chenab) in Undivided Punjab pass through parts of Jammu Kashmir are Indus and Chenab.Tawi Rivers are the tributaries of Chenab -The Jammu Tawi and Malkani Tawi. The railway of India has more appropriately chosen the name Jammu Tawi as the name of Jammu City railway station .The city of Jammu is situated on the right bank of Tawi.Tawi can be defined as the stream which flows throughout the year,with level of fluctuations of water during various seasons.

The Tawi mainly originates at Kalplas Kund of Seoj Dhar in the Bhadarwah region of Doda district,from where it descends to Sudh Mahadeva.Then northwest towards towards Chennani for about 42 kms.From Chenani it turns southwest for a distance of 21 Kms.It then appears in an open area through which it flows in south direction for 16 kms and heads towards Jinganu,where it again meets hilly range to reach Jandrah.The river then passes through another range of hills to enter Nagrota and then Jammu.