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The river, Sutlej originates from the Rakas Lake, which is connected to the Manasarovar Lake by a stream, in Tibet. It flows in a north-westerly direction and enters Himachal Pradesh at the Shipki Pass, where it is joined by the Spiti river. It cuts deep gorges in the ranges of the Himalayas, and finally enters the Punjab plain after cutting a gorge in a hill range, the Naina Devi Dhar, where the Bhakra Dam having a large reservoir of water, called the Gobind Sagar, has been constructed. It turns west below Rupar and is later joined by the Beas. It enters Pakistan near Sulemanki, and is later joined by the Chenab. It has a total length of almost 1500 km. A total of 70 species have been recorded from the river Sutlej. The most common among them include Wallago attu, Clarias batrachus, Heteropneustes fossilis, Mystus spp, Rita rita, Eutropiichthys vacha, Notopterus notopeterus, N. chitala, Puntius spp, Colisa fasciatus, Esomus danricus and Chela laubuca.
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