Logar River
{{Short description|River in Afghanistan}}
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| pushpin_map_caption = Place of Joining with Kabul River
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| subdivision_name5 = Maidan Shahr, Puli Alam, Kabul
| length = {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1 = Baba Mountain
| source1_location = Maidan Wardak Province
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|34.45|N|68.44|E|region:AF-WAR_type:river}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|2400|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = Kabul River
| mouth_location = Kabul
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The Logar River (also Lowgar) is a river of Afghanistan. It gives the name to the Logar Valley and Logar Province. In Maidan Wardak Province where the river originates, it is called Chak River. The Chaki Wardak Dam is built on the river in Chaki Wardak District, Maidan Wardak Province.
The Logar River drains a wide tract of country, rising in Maidan Wardak Province on the southern slopes of the Sanglakh Range and receiving tributaries from hills in the Kharwar District, north-east of Ghazni. It joins the Kabul River a few kilometres below the city of Kabul. The fertile and well irrigated Logar Valley, which is watered by the Logar's southern tributaries, is about {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide. Lying in the vicinity of the capital, the district contributes significantly to its food supply.
External links
- [https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/aug/afghanistan3/ More details on the "underground city"]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629042711/http://aims.org.af/services/sectoral/agriculture/landcover/Logar.pdf Land cover map (April 2002)]
{{EB1911|wstitle=Logar|volume=16|page=867}}
{{Logar Province}}
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Category:Former populated places in Afghanistan
Category:Landforms of Logar Province
Category:Rivers of Afghanistan
Category:Valleys of Afghanistan
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