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Khulm River

Khulm River
Map
Location
CountryAfghanistan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKara-Kotal pass
 • elevation3,600 m (11,800 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Amu Darya River
Length230 km (140 mi)
Basin size8,400 km2 (3,200 sq mi)

The Khulm River (Darya-i Khulm; alternate spelling: Kholm; alternate name: Tashqurghan River)[1] is a river of north-central Afghanistan. In its lower course, it passes through Khulm and Haybak[2] in Balkh Province. The Khulm is a tributary to the Oxus basin.[3] Its source is south of the city of Khulm and it passes through the city of Samangan and Samangan Province. The Khulm River forms the western border of Kunduz Province.[3]

  1. ^ Noelle, Christine (1997). State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Psychology Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-7007-0629-1.
  2. ^ Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 427. OCLC 1044046.
  3. ^ a b Baynes, Thomas Spencer (1888). "Afghanistan". The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. Vol. 1. H.G. Allen. pp. 242–243.

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نهر خولم ARZ Cholm (Amudarja) German رود خلم FA دریائے خلم PNB Хульм Russian Khulm Daryosi UZ

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