What is Hub River?
'''Hub River''' ({{lang-ur|دریائے حب}}) is a [[river]] found in [[Lasbela]], [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]], [[Pakistan]]. It forms the provincial boundary between [[Sindh]] and [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]], west of [[Karachi]]. [[Hub Dam]] is a large water storage [[reservoir (water)|reservoir]] constructed in 1981 on the Hub River in the [[Desert|arid]] plains north of Karachi. The reservoir supplies water for [[irrigation]] in the Lasbella district of Balochistan and drinking water for the city of Karachi. The dam is an important staging and wintering area for an appreciable number of waterbirds and contains a variety of fish species which increase in abundance during periods of high water.<ref name = ramsar>http://www.ramsar.org/wn/w.n.pakistan_eightnew.htm</ref> The [[Mahseer]] (''Tor putitora''), an indigenous riverine fish found in the Hub River, grows up to 2m in length and is fished.<ref name = ramsar/> The Hub dam was declared a [[wetland]] of importance in 2001.<ref name = ramsar/> ==Related pages== *[[List of rivers of Pakistan]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of Pakistan]] [[Category:Lasbela District]]