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The Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam is on the river. [6] Salma Dam, a hydroelectric and irrigation dam project, is located on the Hari Rud in Chishti Sharif District of Herat Province in western Afghanistan. The average annual discharge of the Hari Rud is about 55 m3/s, but during a spring flood in 1939 the discharge went up to 1090 m3/s. [7]
It is located on the southern side of the Hari River, at an altitude of 2,230 m above sea level. Chaghcharan is linked by a 380 kilometres (240 mi) long highway with Herat to the west (following the south side of Paropamisus Mountains ( Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh )), and a 450 kilometres (280 mi) long highway with Kabul to the east.
Hari River: Hydroelectricity, Irrigation Embankment 2 MW Under Construction [19] [20] [21] Qargha Dam: Kabul Province Paghman River Irrigation Embankment 32,800,000 m 3: 30 metres (98 ft) 450 m (1,480 ft) N/A 1933 Salma Dam: Chishti Sharif District, Herat Province: Hari River: Hydroelectricity, Irrigation Embankment 633,000,000 m 3 (513,181 ...
"Afghanistan Water Constraints: Overview Analysis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2011 Map of Principal River Drainage Systems at page 12; Kamal, Gomal (May 10, 2004). "River basins and Watersheds of Afghanistan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011
Herāt (/ h ɛ ˈ r ɑː t /; [4] Farsi/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. [5] In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (Selseleh-ye Safēd Kōh) in the fertile valley of the Hari River in the western part of the country.
At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the information and ...
It is located in a remote and nearly inaccessible region of the Shahrak District, Ghor Province, next to the Hari River. The 52 m (171 ft) [ 1 ] or 65 m (213 ft) [ 2 ] high minaret was built c. 1380 entirely of baked bricks and is famous for its intricate brick, stucco and glazed tile decoration, which consists of alternating bands of kufic and ...
Topographic map of northeastern Afghanistan with Koh-i-Baba on the left. The Baba Mountain range (Pashto: بابا غر Bâbâ Ǧar; Persian: کوه بابا Kōh-i Bābā; or Kūh-e Bābā; [2] Kōh or Kūh meaning ′mountain′, Bābā meaning ′father′) is the western extension of the Hindu Kush, and the origin of Afghanistan's Kabul, Arghandab, Helmand, Farah, Hari, Murghab, Balkh, and ...