Geography of Tajikistan - Rivers

Rivers

The principal rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, both flow through Tajikistan, fed by melting snow and glaciers from the mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. There are over 900 rivers in Tajikistan longer than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).

The largest rivers of Tajikistan are:

  • Amu Darya/Panj
  • Bartang
  • Gunt
  • Kofarnihon (Kafirnigan)
  • Kyzylsu
  • Muksu
  • Murghab
  • Obihingou
  • Oksu
  • Syr Darya
  • Surkhandarya
  • Vakhsh/Surkhob
  • Vanj
  • Yazgulyam
  • Zeravshan

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