The Khānabād River (; ) flows in the provinces of Takhar and

Kunduz Kunduz (; ; ) is a city in northern Afghanistan and the capital of Kunduz Province. The city has an estimated population of about 268,893 as of 2015, making it about the List of cities in Afghanistan, seventh largest city of Afghanistan, and the ...

in northern

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 Khanabad is a tributary of the Kunduz River, which is in turn a tributary of the Amu River.

Course

The Khanabad rises in the southeast of Takhar Province, in Warsaj District in the

Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central Asia, Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and eastern Afghanistan into northwestern Pakistan and far southeastern Tajikistan. The range forms the wester ...

. It flows northwest, and receives a number of glacier-fed tributaries. As far as the small village of Shuri (a little north of Farkhar) the river flows in a narrow valley, then enters a broad plain. Its waters here are much used for irrigation. It then flows through Taloqan, the capital of Takhar Province, and a little distance downstream enters Kunduz Province. It then flows through Khanabad, turns west and flows to the north of

. It enters the Kunduz River 30 km past Kunduz. The total length of the river is about 400 km.

Tributaries

The Khanabad receives many tributaries, fed mainly by glaciers and snow melt in spring and summer. They include: * Warsaj, flowing from the south of Takhar Province * Khost, a glacier-fed strong-flowing tributary rising in

Baghlan Province Baghlan ( Dari and ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan and located in northeastern Afghanistan. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634. Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other major town in t ...

* Shal * Narik

References

External links

Delft Hydraulics - Integrated Water Resources Management for the Sistan Closed Inland Delta - ANNEX B : Forecasting the Flow from Afghanistan - Page 18 : cartes hydrographiques d'Afghanistan

Map of Takhar Province

Map of Baghlan Province
Rivers of Afghanistan Landforms of Takhar Province Landforms of Kunduz Province {{Afghanistan-river-stub