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The Farah River (; ) is a river in western
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
. The river originates in the Band-e Bayan Range in the eastern part of
Ghor Province Ghōr, also spelled Ghowr or Ghur (), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven Districts of Afghanistan, districts, en ...
, and flows for to the
Helmand Helmand (Pashto/Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering area. The province contains 18 ...
swamps on the Afghanistan-
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
border. The city of Farah is located on the river, where in the dry season, it has a width of around and a depth of around . The river fluctuates greatly with the seasons, sometimes flooding in the spring and becoming impassable. The lower valley of the Farah is fertile and well cultivated.


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Floods in Afghanistan (November 2006)
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Rivers of Afghanistan Landforms of Farah Province {{Farah-geo-stub