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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.
Helmand River basin map The Helmand stretches for 1,150 km (710 mi). It rises in the northeastern part of Maidan Wardak Province in the Hindu Kush mountains, about 40 km [ 5 ] west of Kabul ( 34°34′N 68°33′E / 34.567°N 68.550°E / 34.567; 68.550 ), flowing southwestward through Daykundi Province and Uruzgan Province
A majority of the Kabul River’s water originates from the snow and glaciers of Chitral District of Pakistan, out of which it flows into Afghanistan. In its upper reaches it is known as the Sarchashma. The major tributaries of the Kabul River are the Logar, Panjshir, Alingar, Surkhab, Kunar, Bara, and Swat rivers. [2]
Map of the Helmand River drainage basin including the Arghandab River tributary The Kajakai Dam on the Helmand River, one of the major dams controlled by the HAVA. The Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority (HAVA) based in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, originally named the Helmand Valley Authority (HVA) until its expansion in 1965, [1] was established on December 4, 1952, as an agency of the ...
The Hari River (Persian: هریرود or Dari: هری رود, romanized: Harī Rōd; Pashto: د هري سیند) or Herat River or Tejen River or Harirud is a river flowing 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) from the mountains of central Afghanistan to Turkmenistan, where it forms the Tejen oasis and disappears in the Karakum Desert.
Map of the Sistan/Helmand River drainage basin Satellite image of southern Afghanistan and Iran in dust storm. The Sistan Basin is an inland endorheic basin encompassing large parts of southwestern Afghanistan and minor parts of southeastern Iran. It is one of the driest regions in the world and an area subject to prolonged droughts.
The Chitral River, [a] also known in Afghanistan as the Kunar River, [b] is a 480 kilometres (300 mi) long river in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It originates from the Chiantar glacier, located at the border of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral in Pakistan. At Arandu it enters into Afghanistan, where it is called the Kunar River. [1]
The upper course of the Arghandab river is relatively unexplored. The Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan cites the explorations of Major G. Lynch in 1841, [b] according to whom the origin of the Arghandab is 20 to 30 miles north of Sang-e-Masha. This places the source in the mountains southwest of the Nawar basin.