The Shakhdara (, ) is a left tributary of the
Gunt River
The Gunt (, ''Ghund'' or Аличур ''Alichur'', historically in English also ''Ghund'') is a river in the south of Tajikistan, north of the Shughnon Range. It is long and has a basin area of .[Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...]
.
The Shakhdara has its source in the eastern part of the
Shakhdara Range, not far from the Matz Pass and the Afghan border, in the extreme south of the
Pamir Mountains
The Pamir Mountains are a Mountain range, range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun Mountains, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya ...
. From there it flows in a westerly direction. It separates the Shakhdara range to the south from the
Shughnon Range to the north. In its lower reaches, it turns north and meets the Gunt River east of
Khorugh
Khorog ( ), also Khorugh ( ) or Kharagh ( ), is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 30,500 (2020 ).
Khorog is above sea level in the Pamir M ...
, a few kilometers before the Gunt flows into the
Panj River
The Panj ( , ), traditionally known as the Ochus River, is a river in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is long and has a basin area of . , which is the
Amu Darya
The Amu Darya ( ),() also shortened to Amu and historically known as the Oxus ( ), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the Hindu Ku ...
source river.
[
It is fed by meltwater from glaciers and melting snow. Its length is 142 km. Its ]drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
covers 4180 km2. The average discharge is 35.2 m3/s. The water of the Shakhdara is used for irrigation.
References
Rivers of Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
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