:List of rivers of Afghanistan
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File:Aerial photograph of Helmand River at Gereshk in 2011.jpg in Helmand Province]]
File:Branches of the Kunar River meet in Kunar Province.jpg meet in Nangarhar Province]]
File:Scenic view in western Afghanistan-2011.jpg
This is a list of rivers that flow wholly or partly in Afghanistan, arranged geographically by river basin.
Flowing into the Arabian Sea
File:Pech River, Kunar, 2009-04-19 -b.jpg in eastern Afghanistan.]]
File:Kabulriverinjaa1.jpg, seen here near Jalalabad]]
Flowing into [[endorheic basin]]s
= [[Sistan Basin]] =
= [[Ab-i Istada]] =
- Ghazni RiverSome sources indicate that the Ab-e Istadeh lake has a seasonal outlet to the Lora River, a tributary of the Arghistan River in the Helmand basin. See [http://www.wldelft.nl/cons/area/rbm/wrp1/pdf/annex_b.pdf Integrated Water Resources Management for the Sistan Closed Inland Delta]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} pages 7-8
- Jilga River
= [[Karakum Desert]] =
- Harirud
- Jam River
- Murghab River
- Kushk River
- Kashkan River
=[[Aral Sea]] basin=
File:Afghanistan - Tajikistan Bridge Completion.jpg bridge over the Amu Darya river in 2007.]]
- Amu Darya
- Sari Pul River, no longer reaches the Amu Darya
- Balkh River, no longer reaches the Amu Darya
- Khulm River (formerly Tashkurgan River), no longer reaches the Amu Darya
- Kunduz River (or Surkhab River)
- Khanabad River
- Andarab
- Bamiyan River
- Kokcha River
- Anjuman
- Panj River
- Aksu (Bartang)
- Pamir River
- Wakhan River
- Shirin Tagab River, no longer reaches the Amu Darya
- Shor Darya River
See also
References
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External links
- {{Cite web
| last = Nathan Berger
| title = Afghanistan Water Constraints: Overview Analysis
| date = May 1992
| url = http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABL957.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110824055131/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABL957.pdf
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = August 24, 2011
| access-date = 2010-08-31}} Map of Principal River Drainage Systems at page 12
- {{Cite web| last =Kamal| first =Gomal| title =River basins and Watersheds of Afghanistan| date =May 10, 2004| url =http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/collect/areu/Upload/1710/Kamal_River%20basins%20and%20watersheds2004.pdf| access-date =2010-08-31| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211414/http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/collect/areu/Upload/1710/Kamal_River%20basins%20and%20watersheds2004.pdf| archive-date =July 6, 2011}}
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