The Alingar River (also Alingâr) is a river in
Laghman Province
Laghman (Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It has a population of about 502,148, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. Laghman hosts a large number of historical landmarks, m ...
of eastern
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
.
It is one of the major tributaries of the
Kabul River, part of the
Indus River
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmi ...
basin. It has two sources, the Ramgel and Kulem rivers.
It gives its name to
Alingar District and Alingar Valley. It also flows through
Mihtarlam in
Mihtarlam District.
See also
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References
Rivers of Afghanistan
Kabul River
Landforms of Laghman Province
Valleys of Afghanistan
Rivers of Pakistan
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