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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 ...
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 map of the concept of Akhand Bharat, depicting Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet. [ 1 ] Akhand Bharat ( transl. Undivided India ), also known as Akhand Hindustan , is a term for the concept of a unified Greater India .
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 ...
Logar River: Irrigation 1938 Oldest modern dam Dahla Dam: Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar Province Arghandab River: Irrigation Embankment 55 m (180 ft) 535 m (1,755 ft) 1952 Darunta Dam: Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province: Kabul River: Hydroelectricity, Irrigation Gravity: 11.5 MW 1960 Grishk Dam: Grishk District, Helmand Province: Helmand River
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]
The Kabul River (Urdu: دریائے کابل; Dari: دریای کابل; Pashto: د کابل سیند), the classical Cophen / ˈ k oʊ f eɪ n /, is a 700-kilometre-long (430 mi) river that emerges in the Sanglakh Range of the Hindu Kush mountains in the northeastern part of Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan.