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Ratey Chu

river in India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 16, 2023
Entity authorityQ7295566 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Ratey Chu is a river in the Indian state of Sikkim that is the main source of water for the state capital, Gangtok. The Ratey Chu emerges from the glacier-fed Tamze lake at an elevation of 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) above sea level. The Ratey Chu is tapped for drinking water at an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). From this tapping point or water supply head work, water is transported 17 kilometres (11 mi) to the Selep Water Treatment Plant site.

References

Annual Report 2006–2007 Water Security and PHE Department. Government of Sikkim. Retrieved on 9 May 2008.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ratey Chu” is river in India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ratey, river and India, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2007, 2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Ratey, river and India is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “river in India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 16, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q7295566. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ratey Chu”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ratey Chu primary sources, Ratey Chu archive and Ratey research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ratey Chu”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ratey Chu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.