Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
All Rivers of Afghanistan should be included in this category. This includes all the rivers that can also be found in the subcategories. The main article for this category is List of rivers of Afghanistan; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of Afghanistan
In its upper course, the river forms part of Afghanistan's northern border with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. In ancient history, the river was regarded as the boundary of Greater Iran with Turan, which roughly corresponded to present-day Central Asia. [3] The Amu Darya has a flow of about 70 cubic kilometres per year on average. [4]
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]
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 ...
Canals in Afghanistan (2 P) L. Lake groups of Afghanistan (1 P) R. Rivers of Afghanistan (5 C, 45 P) This page was last edited on 16 July 2024, at 07:59 (UTC). ...
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
The Farah River (Pashto: د فراه سیند; Persian: فراه رود) is a river in western Afghanistan.The river originates in the Band-e Bayan Range in the eastern part of Ghor Province, and flows for 560 kilometres (350 mi) to the Helmand swamps on the Afghanistan-Iran border.