Gilgit River

{{Short description|River in Pakistan}}

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| native_name ={{native name|ur|{{nq|دریائے گلگت}}}}

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| map_caption = Course of the Gilgit River

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Pakistan

| subdivision_type2 = Autonomous territory

| subdivision_name2 = Gilgit-Baltistan

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| subdivision_name3 = Gupis-Yasin, Ghizer and Gilgit

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| waterbodies = Shandur Lake, Phander Lake, Attabad Lake

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| length = 240 km

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The Gilgit River ({{Langx|ur|{{nq|دریائے گلگت}}}}) is a tributary of the Indus River, flowing through various districts of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, including Gupis-Yasin, Ghizer and Gilgit. The Gilgit River originates from Shandur Lake{{cite book|title=isbn:1483603792 - Cerca con Google|language=it}} and proceeds to join the Indus River near the towns of Juglot and Bunji. This confluence is believed to mark the meeting point of three prominent mountain ranges: the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the Karakoram.{{cite book |last1=Handy |first1=Norman |title=K2, The Savage Mountain: Travels in Northern Pakistan |date=2017 |publisher=novum pro Verlag |isbn=9783990487174 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Dani |first1=Ahmad Hasan |title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in contrast : from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century |last2=Masson |first2=Vadim Mikhaĭlovich |date=2003 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=9789231038761 |language=en}}

The upper sections of the Gilgit River are referred to as the Gupis River and Ghizer River.

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