The Iskander Darya (russian: Искандердарья; tg, Искандардарё) is a river in

Ayni District tg, Ноҳияи Айнӣ , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = Anzob mountains.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Ayni District Landscape , image_flag = , flag_siz ...

Sughd Region Sughd Province ( tg, Вилояти Суғд, Viloyati Sughd, Sogdia Region , fa, ولایت سغد) is one of the four administrative divisions and one of the three provinces ( tg, вилоятҳо, viloyatho , fa, ولایت) that make up ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. The Iskander Darya is long, and the area of its

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is long. It is the left source river of the

Fan Darya The Fan Darya (russian: Фандарья) is a river in Ayni District of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. The Fan Darya is long (140 km including its source river Yaghnob), and the area of its drainage basin is . It is a major left tributary of the ...

.Фандарья

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The Iskander Darya has its source in Lake Iskanderkul and flows east. The mouth of Iskander Darya is near the village of Zarafshan II.Map
/ref> The river merges with the

Yaghnob Yaghnob, or Yaghnobi, may refer to: * Yaghnob (river) in Tajikistan; * Yaghnob Valley, a valley in Tajikistan where the Yaghnob River flows; * Yaghnobi language, spoken in Tajikistan; * Yaghnobis, Yaghnobi people of Tajikistan. {{disambig ...

at an altitude of around 1640 m, forming the

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{{List of rivers of Tajikistan Rivers of Tajikistan