The southeast Pakistani oasis of Sukkur lies at a major crossing of the Indus River in upper Sind province. The 2,900 kilometres Approximate-kilometre (1,800 miles Approximate-mile) Indus has been a strategic waterway for thousands of years, and along with the Nile and Tigris - Euphrates is regarded as a cradle of early civilization. The Indus, which rises in Tibet and eventually empties into the Arabian Sea, is Pakistan’s most important river for trade, for drinking and irrigation water, and for transport.
