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The Iskander Darya (; ) is a river in
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/ref> The river merges with the Yaghnob at an altitude of around 1640 m, forming the Fan Darya.
The Iskander Darya (; ) is a river in Ayni District
Ayni District, also ''Aini District'' (; , ''Nohiyayi Aynī''), is a Districts of Tajikistan, district in the southern part of Sughd Region, Tajikistan, straddling the middle course of the river Zeravshan (river), Zeravshan. Its capital is the tow ...
of Sughd Region
Sughd Province, also referred to as the Sogdia Region, and Leninabad before 2001, is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces that make up Tajikistan. Centered in the historical Sogdiana, it is located in the north ...
, Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
. The Iskander Darya is long, and the area of its drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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.ФандарьяGreat Soviet Encyclopedia
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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./ref> The river merges with the Yaghnob at an altitude of around 1640 m, forming the Fan Darya.
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{{List of rivers of Tajikistan Rivers of Tajikistan