The Iskander Darya (russian: Искандердарья; tg, Искандардарё) is a river in

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of Sughd Region,

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. The Iskander Darya is long, and the area of its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

is long. It is the left source river of the

Fan Darya The Fan Darya (russian: Фандарья) is a river in Ayni District of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. The Fan Darya is long (140 km including its source river Yaghnob (river), Yaghnob), and the area of its drainage basin is . It is a major left ...

.Фандарья

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The Iskander Darya has its source in Lake Iskanderkul and flows east. The mouth of Iskander Darya is near the village of Zarafshan II.Map
/ref> The river merges with the Yaghnob at an altitude of around 1640 m, forming the

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{{List of rivers of Tajikistan Rivers of Tajikistan