The Jikhai River is a river in

Ghazni Province Ghazni (Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in southeastern Afghanistan. The province contains 19 districts, encompassing over a thousand villages and roughly 1.3 million people, making it the 5th most populous province. The ...

, central

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, originating in

Nawur District Nawur ( fa, ناور), is the largest district in Afghanistan's Ghazni province by area. Its population, which is entirely Hazara, was estimated at 91,778 (more than half of whom were children under 12) in 2002. The Jikhai River originates here ...

and crossing the Ajristan valley. It is the only source of water available to the small number of inhabitants as the area is affected by a severe

drought A drought is defined as drier than normal conditions.Douville, H., K. Raghavan, J. Renwick, R.P. Allan, P.A. Arias, M. Barlow, R. Cerezo-Mota, A. Cherchi, T.Y. Gan, J. Gergis, D. Jiang, A. Khan, W. Pokam Mba, D. Rosenfeld, J. Tierney, an ...

. Dams on the river have a history of breaking and causing severe damage and death. The small town of Sangar, capital of the Ajristan District, is located in the Jikkai River valley.

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Rivers of Afghanistan Landforms of Ghazni Province {{Ghazni-geo-stub