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The Kabul River, which measures 700 kilometres or 435 miles long, passes through the cities of Kabul and Jalalabad in Afghanistan. Its large drainage basin covers the eastern provinces of Nangarhār, Kunar, Laghmān, Lōgar, Kabul, Kāpisā, Parwān, Panjshēr, and Bāmyān before it flows into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan some 25 kilometres ...
Aerial photograph of Helmand River in Helmand Province Branches of the Kunar River meet in Nangarhar Province Scenic view in western Afghanistan This is a list of rivers that flow wholly or partly in Afghanistan , arranged geographically by river basin .
Gardez River Irrigation Embankment 259,000,000 m 3 (209,975 acre⋅ft) 1967 Shahtoot Dam: Char Asiab District, Kabul Province: Kabul River: Irrigation Gravity Under Construction [23] [24] Shah wa Arus Dam: Shakardara District, Kabul Province Shakardara River: Hydroelectricity, Irrigation Gravity 180,000 m 3 (146 acre⋅ft) 75 m (246 ft) 1.2MW ...
The Kabul River — a tributary of the Indus River in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The river flows from the Hindu Kush through Kabul Province and Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab in Pakistan .
The Mahipar Dam is located on the Kabul River next to the Kabul–Jalalabad Road in the western part of the Surobi District in Kabul Province of Afghanistan. [1] [2] [3] It is about 30 km (19 mi) away from the center of Kabul. It is a gravity dam owned and maintained by the country's Ministry of Energy and Water.
The Kabul River flows in an easterly direction to the Indus ending at the Indian Ocean. [270] Afghanistan receives heavy snow during the winter in the Hindu Kush and Pamir Mountains, and the melting snow in the spring season enters the rivers, lakes, and streams.
The Kabul–Jalalabad Road passes through the Tang-e Gharu gorge. Tang-e Gharu, also known as Tang-e Gharo (Pashto: تنگ غارو), is a gorge and a mountain pass in the Hindu Kush mountain range of Kabul Province, Afghanistan. [1] The Kabul River passes through the gorge, flowing eastward. [2]
Pul-e-Sokhta also spelled as Pule Sokhta or Puli Sokhta (Dari: پل سوخته) is neighborhood located in the western part of Kabul, Afghanistan. [1] [2] [3] The Kabul River, which originates in the Paghman mountains, passes through this area. The name of this area is taken from the big bridge in the center of this area.