Tarnak River

Tarnak River
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Location
CountryAfghanistan

The Tarnak River is located in Ghazni, Zabul, and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan. The city of Kandahar is located on a plain directly adjacent to the Tarnak.[1]

It rises in Afghanistan's highlands region of Hazarajat, near 33°7′N 67°56′E / 33.117°N 67.933°E / 33.117; 67.933, south of the Lomar Pass. The Tarnak flows in a south-westerly direction for around 350 km before joining the Dori River some 30 km downstream of the Dori-Arghastan confluence, and some 30 km upstream of the Dori-Arghandab confluence, at 31°24′N 65°33′E / 31.400°N 65.550°E / 31.400; 65.550.[2] The combined waters of these rivers join the Helmand at 31°27′N 64°23′E / 31.450°N 64.383°E / 31.450; 64.383, near Lashkargah.[3]

Geography

The Tarnak River valley is a tectonic trough that runs from northeast to southwest. It has multilayered aquifers and both Quaternary and Neocene deposits.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kandahar | Afghanistan, Map, Population, History, & War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  2. ^ Jones, H. Helsham (1879). The History and Geography of Afghanistan and the Afghan Campaigns of 1838-9 and 1842: A Course of Lectures Delivered at the R.E. Institute, Chatham, December 1878. Spottiswoode. p. 93.
  3. ^ "Helmand River | river, Central Asia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. ^ Shroder, John F.; Ahmadzai, Sher Jan (2016-06-13). Transboundary Water Resources in Afghanistan: Climate Change and Land-Use Implications. Elsevier. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-12-801861-3.


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