List of rivers of Afghanistan explained

This is a list of rivers that flow wholly or partly in Afghanistan, arranged geographically by river basin.

Flowing into the Arabian Sea

Indus River (Pakistan)

Flowing into endorheic basins

Harut River (or Ardaskan River)
Farah River
Helmand River
- Khash River
- Arghandab River
  - Dori River
    - Tarnak River
    - Arghistan River
      - Lora River
- Musa Qala River
- Tirin River
- Kaj River

Ghazni River^[1]
- Jilga River

Harirud
- Jam River
Murghab River
- Kushk River
- Kashkan River

Aral Sea basin

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

External links

Web site: Nathan Berger . Afghanistan Water Constraints: Overview Analysis . May 1992 . 2010-08-31. Map of Principal River Drainage Systems at page 12
Web site: Kamal. Gomal. River basins and Watersheds of Afghanistan. May 10, 2004. 2010-08-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211414/http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/gsdl/collect/areu/Upload/1710/Kamal_River%20basins%20and%20watersheds2004.pdf. July 6, 2011.

Notes and References

Some 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 Integrated Water Resources Management for the Sistan Closed Inland Delta pages 7-8