The Khānabād River ( ps, د خان اباد سیند; fa, رود خانآباد) flows in the provinces of
Takhar and
Kunduz
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in northern
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 ...
. The Khanabad River is a tributary of the
Kunduz River
The Kunduz River ( ps, د کندز سیند; fa, رود قندوز) is a tributary of the Amu Darya in northern Afghanistan. It rises in Bamyan Province in the Hindu Kush, and in its upper reaches is also known as the Bamyan River or the Surkhab R ...
, which is in turn a tributary of the
Amu River.
Course
The Khanabad rises in the south east of Takhar Province, in
Warsaj District
Warsaj District is a district of Takhar Province, northern Afghanistan.
Geography
Warsaj has an area of 2705.3 square kilometers, comparatively equivalent to the area of Unalaska Island. Warsaj District is located at the end of the Farkhar Ri ...
in the
Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...
. It flows north west, and receives a number of glacier-fed tributaries. As far as the small village of Shuri (a little north of
Farkhar
Farkhor ( tg, Фархор), also called Parkhar (russian: Пархар), is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, located on the border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of Farkhor District in Khatlon Region. The population of the town is 25,300 ...
) the river flows in a narrow valley, then enters a broad plain. Its waters here are much used for irrigation. It then flows through
Taloqan, the capital of Takhar Province, and a little after enters Kunduz Province. It then flows through
Khanabad, turns west and flows to the north of
Kunduz
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. It enters the Kunduz River 30 km past Kunduz.
The total length of the river is about 400 km.
Surface water resources in North Afghanistan
Tributaries
The Khanabad receives many tributaries, fed mainly by glaciers and snow melt in spring and summer. They include:
* Warsaj, flowing from the south of Takhar Province
* Khost, a glacier-fed strong-flowing tributary rising in Baghlan Province
Baghlan (Dari: ''Baġlān'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634.
Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other maj ...
* Shal
* Narik
References
External links
Delft Hydraulics - Integrated Water Resources Management for the Sistan Closed Inland Delta - ANNEX B : Forecasting the Flow from Afghanistan - Page 18 : cartes hydrographiques d'Afghanistan
Map of Takhar Province
Map of Baghlan Province
Rivers of Afghanistan
Landforms of Takhar Province
Landforms of Kunduz Province
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