Flowing into the Arabian Sea

• Indus River
  Indus River
  The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...
  
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  • Gomal River
    Gomal River
    Gomal River is a river in the historical region of Pashtunistan, consisting of areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan, inhabited by the Pashtuns...
    
    
    • Kundar River
      Kundar River
      Kundar River is located in Balochistan, Pakistan....
      
      
    • Zhob River
      Zhob River
      Zhob River is located in Balochistan, Pakistan. The name is Iranic in its origin and etymologically identical to those of the Little Zab and Great Zab rivers in Iraq and the Pamirs....
      
      
  • Kurrum River or Karam River
  • Kabul River
    Kabul River
    Kabul River , the classical Cophes , is a 700 km long river that starts in the Sanglakh Range of the Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan and ends in the Indus River near Attock, Pakistan. It is the main river in eastern Afghanistan and is separated from the watershed of the Helmand by the Unai Pass...
    
    
    • Bara River
      Bara River
      Bara River is river in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. The Bara River enters the Peshawar of south Jamrud Fort and flows in the North-easterly direction to the Nowshera District, eventually joining the Kabul River near camp korona, Akbarpura. Due to its higher elevation, very...
      
      
    • Kunar River
      Kunar River
      The Kunar River 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....
      
       (Kunar Rud)
      • Peche River
        Peche River
        The Pech river is located in Afghanistan. The Pech River system is fed from glaciers and snow from the Hindu Kush to its north. The river rises in central Nuristan Province and proceeds south and southeasternly through the center of Kunar Province, joining the Kunar River at the provincial capital...
        
        
      • Bashgal River
        Bashgal River
        The Bashgal River is located within Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, flowing through Bashgal Valley. It empties into the Kunar river at Arundu and Chigar-Serai....
        
        
    • Surkhab
      Surkhab (Kabul)
      The Surkhab, also known as the Surkh Rud, is a river in Afghanistan, which flows in the provinces of Paktia and Nangarhar. It is a tributary of the Kabul River.- Course :...
      
      
    • Alingar River
      Alingar River
      The Alingar River 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....
      
      
    • Panjshir River
      Panjshir River
      The Panjshir River flows through the Panjshir Valley in northeastern Afghanistan, 150km north of Kabul. It flows southward through the Hindu Kush and adjoins the Kabul River near Sarobi. At this junction, a dam was built in the 1950s to supply water from the Panjshir River to the Kabul River....
      
      
      • Ghorband River
        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....
        
        
        • Salang River
          Salang River
          The Salang is a 438 kilometre long river of Afghanistan, flowing through Parwan Province. It is a tributary of the Indus River and the Ghorband River and the Panjshir River and the Kabul River.-Geography:...
          
          
    • Logar River
      Logar River
      Logar River is a river of Afghanistan. It gives the name to the Logar Valley and Logar Province.The Logar River drains a wide tract of country, rising in the southern slopes of the Sanglakh Range and receiving tributaries from the Kharwar hills, north-east of Ghazni. It joins the Kabul River a...
      
      

Sistan Basin

Sistan Basin

The Sistan Basin is an inland endorheic basin encompassing large parts of southwestern Afghanistan and southeastern Iran, one of the driest regions in the world and an area subjected to prolonged droughts...

 

• Harut River
  Harut River
  The Harut River is a river of Afghanistan. It is a river which belongs to the Sistan Basin.The source of the river lies in the mountains to the southeast of Herat. The river flows for about 245 miles into the Sistan Lake. Along its course are various canals for irrigation, particularly in the...
  
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• Farah River
  Farah River
  The Farah River 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. The town of Farah is located on the river....
  
  
• Helmand River
  Helmand River
  The Helmand River is the longest river in Afghanistan and the primarily watershed for the endorheic Sistan Basin....
  
  
  • Khash River
  • Arghandab River
    Arghandab River
    Arghandab is a river in Afghanistan, about in length. It rises in the Hazarajat country north-west of Ghazni, and flows south-west falls into the Helmand below Girishk. In its lower course it is much used for irrigation, and the valley is cultivated and populous; yet the water is said to be...
    
    
    • Dori River
      Dori River
      The Dori, also called Lora and Kadanai is a river of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is a tributary of the Arghandab River and sub tributary of the Helmand River and runs for 320 kilometres through Kandahar Province in Afghanistan and Balochistan in Pakistan.The Dori begins north of the city of...
      
      
      • Tarnak River
        Tarnak River
        The Tarnak River is a river of Ghazni, Zabul and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan. It rises in Hazarajat, near , south of the Lomar Pass. It flows towards the south-west for some 350 km before it joins the Dori River some 30 km downstream of the Dori-Arghastan confluence, and some...
        
        
      • Arghistan River
        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...
        
        
        • Lora River
  • Musa Qala River
    Musa Qala River
    The Musa Qala is a river in Afghanistan. It is supporting the Helmand River and highly participates in the irrigation of arable lands of the district it is about 5 kilo meters crossing the district from east to west....
    
    
  • Tirin River
  • Kaj River
    Kaj River
    The Kaj is a river of western Afghanistan, flowing through Daykundi Province. It is a major tributary of the Helmand River.- Geography :The river rises in the far northern province of Daykundi Province in Daykundi District in the region called Hazarajat not far from the boundary with Bamyan...
    
    

Karakum Desert

Karakum Desert

The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum is a desert in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent, or 350,000 km², of the area of Turkmenistan....

 

• Harirud
  • Jam River
• Murghab River
  • Kushk River
    Kushk River
    The Kushk is a river which, during a portion of its course, forms the boundary between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, and used to form the southernmost border of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union...
    
    
  • Kashkan River

Aral Sea

Aral Sea

The Aral Sea was a lake that lay between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south...

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• Amu Darya
  Amu Darya
  The Amu Darya , 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...
  
  
  • Safid River
    Safid River
    The Safid River is a river in northern Afghanistan originating in southwestern Sar-e Pol Province. It flows north and is joined by a major tributary from the east just south of the provincial capital, Sar-e Pol. It continues north past the town of Sar-e Pol and into Jowzjan Province. It flows...
    
    , no longer reaches the Amu Darya
  • Balkh River
    Balkh River
    The Balkh River or Balkhab is a river in Balkh Province, Afghanistan.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 . The river flows west, then north, and terminates in irrigation canals in the area of the cities of...
    
    , no longer reaches the Amu Darya
  • Khulm River
    Khulm River
    The Khulm River is a river of northern-central Afghanistan. In its upper course, it passes through Khulm and Haybak, today in Balkh Province. The Khulm is a tributary to the Oxus basin. Its source is located to the north of the city of Khulm...
    
     (formerly Tashkurgan River), no longer reaches the Amu Darya
  • Kunduz 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.-Course:...
    
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    • Khanabad River
      Khanabad River
      The Khanabad River flows in the provinces of Takhar and Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. It is a tributary of the Kunduz River.-Course:The Khanabad rises in the south east of Takhar Province, in the Hindu Kush. It flows north west, and receives a number of glacier-fed tributaries...
      
      
    • Andarab
      Andarab
      Andarab is the name of a large stream in Afghanistan and of the valley it empties into.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.-Andarab valley:...
      
      
    • Bamiyan River
  • Kokcha River
    Kokcha River
    The Kokcha River is a river of northeastern Afghanistan. A tributary of the Amu Darya river, it flows through Badakhshan Province in the Hindu Kush range of Afghan Turkestan. The city of Feyzabad lies along the Kokcha. Near the village of Artin Jelow there is a bridge over the river.The Kokcha...
    
    
    • Anjuman
      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 source.-References:...
      
      
  • Panj River
    Panj River
    The Panj River , also known as Pyandzh River or Piandj River , is a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is 1,125 km long and forms a considerable part of the Afghanistan - Tajikistan border....
    
    
    • Aksu (Bartang)
    • Pamir 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.The river has its sources in the Pamir Mountains in Gorno-Badakhshan province in the far eastern part of Tajikistan. It flows between the Wakhan Range and the Southern...
      
      
    • Wakhan River

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