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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.
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 ...
Yodha Ela functions in a way of a moving reservoir because of its single banking aspect which is different from the present day double banking irrigation canals'. It feeds water in an area of 470 km 2 (180 sq mi) feeding 4,630 ha (11,400 acres) of paddy lands and 120 small tanks on its way from Kala Wewa to Tissa Wewa [7]
There are two words meaning "river" in the Sinhala language, namely Ganga (ගඟ) and Oya (ඔය), of which the usage of both terms is arbitrary. At 335 km (208 mi), the Mahaweli River is the longest river on the island, its drainage basin covering more than one-fifth of the island. It is estimated that there are 103 rivers in Sri Lanka. [1]
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
The Gin Ganga (Sinhala: ගිං ගඟ, Gin River), is a 115.9 km (72 mi) long river located in Galle District of Sri Lanka. [1] The river's headwaters are located in the Gongala Mountain range, near Deniyaya, bordering the Sinharaja Forest Reserve. [2] The river flows past the villages of Baddegama, Nagoda, Thelikada and Hegoda.
Helmand River and Boghra Canal running parallel in Helmand Province Scenic view in western Afghanistan Takhar Province in northern Afghanistan The Kokcha River in Badakhshan Province Afghanistan receives snow between November and March, which gradually melts into numerous rivers , streams , canals , lakes , ponds , and springs , but most of the ...
When construction of the canal began in 2022, Afghanistan was still not a party to any regional or international treaty on using transboundary river waters. [15] As such, no pre-arranged dispute resolution procedures were in place to address the other Amu River basin countries concerns.