Indus

(in'dŭs,) a large river of W. Asia, rising in Thibet, in about N. Lat. 31° 20', and E. Lon. 80° 30', and, after a S.W. and S. course of 1,800 m., during which it is joined by 5 great rivers in the Punjab, empties into the Arab i an Sea by a delta of several mouths intersecting a coast-line of 230 m. The extent of country drained by the I. has been estim. at 488,000 sq. m.-(Ast.) A S. constellation, situate bet.Sag it tar i us and the S. pole. [s. 483]