Pictures of Rivers:

Alingar River
Alishang
Amu Darya
Andarab
Anjuman
Arghandab River
Arghistan River
Balkh River
Bara River
Bartang River
Bashgal River
Choaspes River
Dori River
Farah River
Ghorband River
Gomal River
Hari River
Harut River
Helmand River
Jikhai River
Kabul River
Kaj River
Khanabad River
Khulm River
Kokcha River
Kunar River
Kundar River
Kunduz River
Kurram River
cont.Kushk River
Logar River
Morghab River
Musa Qala River
Pamir River
Panj River
Panjshir River
Peche River
Safid River
Salang River
Surkhab (Kabul)
Tarnak River
Wakhan River

 

 

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Afghanistan Rivers & Lakes

During dry season most rivers in Afghanistan become little rivulets. The rivers are mostly supported by mountain streams. These rivers had good amount of water in spring season, when snow on the mountain melts. Most Afghan rivers end in salty swamps. Few of them end in lakes, while one of them enters Iran to merge in Indus, a mighty river.

Rivers
Kabul: An exception among Afghan rivers, Kabul river is always full of water. It flows east into Pakistan to merge into the Indus River.

Amu Darya: This river, located on the norther border, is the country's only largely navigable river. Two main tributaries of Amu Darya are Panj and Vakhsh.

Harirud River: Rising in Central Afghanistan, Harirud River moves to west and north-west direction where the border with Iran exists. Water of Harirud River is extensively for irrigation purposes in Herat region.

Helmand River: Longest among the rivers in Afghanistan, Helmand River originates in Central Hindu Kush mountains. The river flows past the south-west region of the country, ending in Iran. This river is also widely used for irrigation.

Lakes and Dams
Afganistan does not have great number of lakes, and they too are small in size. Mentionable lakes in the country are Lake Zarkol along the Tajikistan border, Lake Shiveh in Badakhshan, and saltwater Lake Istadehye Moqor, south of Ghazni. Near the borders of Iran, there are two salt marshes too. Important dams and reservoirs in the country include Kajaki Reservoir on Helmand River, Kelagay Dam on a tributory of Amu Darya River, Sardeh Dam on Ghazni River, and Arghandab Dam on a tributary of Helmand.
Alingar River:
The Alingar River (also Alingâr) is a river in eastern Afghanistan. It is one of the major tributaries of the Kabul River. It gives its name to Alingar District in Laghman Province and also passes through Mihtarlam in Mihtarlam District.

Alishang
Alishang is a village, river and a fertile valley of Laghman Province, and also the district headquarters of Mihtarlam District, in eastern Afghanistan. It lies about 40 km northwest of Jalalabad.The fertile Alishang valley drained by the Alishang River, which is described as "contracted", has an abundance of mounds and caves. Is surrounded by Badrow hills. Alladad Khan castle is located close to the village. The Alishang River valley has a number of villages on the way from Jalalabad, such as Kargai, Tajak, Tigadee and Safees along its river course, which in some reaches is very narrow and can be forded by dismounting from the horse’s back
Alishang village is on the banks of Alishang River, which is also called the Nadjil River. It rises in the mountains of Nadjil on the southern slopes of Hindukush mountains and after traversing 90 miles joins the Alinghar River in Alishang village.

Amu Darya
The Amu Darya (Persian: آمودریا, Āmūdaryā; Pashto: د آمو سيند, də Āmu Sind; Arabic: جيحون‎, Jihôn or Jayhoun; Hebrew: גּוֹזָן‎, Gozan ), also called Oxus and Amu River, is a major river in Central Asia. It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers. In ancient times, the river was regarded as the boundary between Iran and Tūrān.

Andarab
The stream which originates in the Hindu Kush, near Khawak Pass, and flows to the west for about 75 miles before merging into the Surkhab.

Anjuman (stream)
The Anjuman is a stream which runs through the Anjuman Valley in Afghanistan. The stream's sources include the three lakes of the valley, with the largest lake being the primary

Arghandab River
is a river in Afghanistan, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) in length. It rises in the Hazarajat country north-west of Ghazni, and flows south-west falls into the Helmand 30 km (20 miles) below Girishk.

Arghistan River
The Arghistan or Arghastan is a river in southern Afghanistan. It flows through Arghistan District and the provinces of Zabul and Kandahar. It is a tributary of the Dori River, a sub-tributary of the Helmand River. It flows for 280 kilometres and has a basin area of 20,219 km2

Balkh River
The river rises in the Band-e Amir lakes in the Hindu Kush. In its upper reaches the river is known as the Band-e Amir River (Rud-e Band-e Amir).

Bara River
Bara River (Urdu: دریائے باڑہ ) is river in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.

Bartang River
The Bartang river is a river of Central Asia, tributary to the Panj river and consequently to the Amu-Darya. In its upper reaches, it is known as the Murghab River and Aksu River; it flows in the Wakhan in Afghanistan, then in the Roshan District of the Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan.

Bashgal River

Choaspes River (Afghanistan)

Dori River

Farah River
The Farah River (Persian Farāh Rud) is a river in western Afghanistan. The river originates in the Band-e Bayan Range, and flows for 560 km to the Helmand swamps on the Afghanistan-Iran border.

Ghorband River
The Ghorband is a river of Afghanistan, flowing through Parwan Province. It is a tributary of the Panjshir River, then a sub-tributary of the Indus River, then the Kabul River.

Gomal River

Hari River, Afghanistan

Harut River

Helmand River
The Helmand River (also spelled Helmend, Helmund, Hirmand; Pashto/Persian: هیرمند, هلمند Hīrmand, Helmand, Latin: Erymandrus) is the longest river in Afghanistan and the primarily watershed for the endorheic Sistan Basin.

Jikhai River

Kabul River
Kabul River (Persian: دریای کابل) (Pashto: : کابل سیند) (Sanskrit: कुभा), classically called the Cophes (pronounced /ˈkoʊfiːz/), is a river that rises in the Sanglakh Range in Afghanistan, separated from the watershed of the Helmand by the Unai Pass.

Kaj River

Khanabad River

Khulm River

Kokcha River

Kunar River
The Kunar River (Pashto: کونړ سيند) is about 480 km long, located in eastern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan. The Kunar river system is fed from melting glaciers and snow of the Hindu Kush mountains.

Kundar River

Kunduz River
The Kunduz River is a tributary of the Amu Darya in northern Afghanistan. It rises in the Hindu Kush, and in its upper reaches is known as the Surkhab River.

Kurram River

Kushk River

Logar River
Logar River (also Lowgar) is a river of Afghanistan. It gives the name to the Logar Valley and Logar Province.

Morghab River (Afghanistan)

Musa Qala River

Pamir River
The Pamir is a river in Tajikistan and Afghanistan. It is a tributary of the Panj River, and forms the northern boundary of Wakhan.
Panj River

Panjshir River

Peche River

Safid River

Salang River

Surkhab (Kabul)

Tarnak River
Wakhan River


Briefly, the country possesses many rivers, river basins, lakes and desert areas. The four major river systems are the Amu Darya, the Oxus of antiquity, (boundary with Central Asia, 1,100 kilometers in Afghanistan); the Hilmand (1,300 kilometers); the Harirud (650 kilometers in Afghanistan); and the Kabul (460 kilometers). Only the Kabul River, joining the Indus system in Pakistan, leads to the sea. Many rivers and streams simply empty into arid portions of the country, spending themselves through evaporation without replenishing the four major systems; others flow only seasonally. Three major dams harness these rivers for land reclamation and hydroelectric purposes: the Arghandab Dam above Kandahar, completed in 1952, is 145-feet-high and 1,740-feet-long and has a storage capacity of 388,000 acre-feet of water; the Kajakai Dam on the Hilmand River, completed in 1953, is 300-feet-high and 887-feet-long, with a storage capacity of 1,495,000 acre-feet of water; the Naglu Dam on the Kabul River west of Jalalabad, completed in the 1960s, is 361-feet-high and 919-feet-long, stores 304,000 acre-feet of water. These large dams were not destroyed by war, but because of lack of maintenance, looted cables and major silting in the reservoirs, none are functioning to full capacity.

 

 

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Pictures of Rivers:

Alingar River
Alishang
Amu Darya
Andarab
Anjuman
Arghandab River
Arghistan River
Balkh River
Bara River
Bartang River
Bashgal River
Choaspes River
Dori River
Farah River
Ghorband River
Gomal River
Hari River
Harut River
Helmand River
Jikhai River
Kabul River
Kaj River
Khanabad River
Khulm River
Kokcha River
Kunar River
Kundar River
Kunduz River
Kurram River
cont.Kushk River
Logar River
Morghab River
Musa Qala River
Pamir River
Panj River
Panjshir River
Peche River
Safid River
Salang River
Surkhab (Kabul)
Tarnak River
Wakhan River