Kabul River | |
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Etymology | Kabul's River in Dari/Persian |
Native name | Daryā-ye Kābol (Pashto) |
Location | |
Countries | Afghanistan and Pakistan |
Cities | Kabul, Surobi, Jalalabad (Afghanistan); Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera (Pakistan) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Hindu Kush Mountains |
• location | Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan |
• coordinates | 34°21′25″N 68°50′21″E / 34.357°N 68.8392°E |
• elevation | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
Mouth | Indus River |
• location | Attock, Punjab, Pakistan |
• coordinates | 33°55′0″N 72°13′56″E / 33.91667°N 72.23222°E |
Length | 700 km (430 mi) |
Basin size | 70,500 km2 (27,200 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Panjshir River, Alingar River, Kunar River, Swat River |
• right | Logar River, Surkhab River, Bara River |
The Kabul River (Pashto: د کابل سیند, Dari: دریای کابل), the classical Cophen /ˈkoʊfeɪn/, is a river that emerges in the Sanglakh Range of the Hindu Kush mountains in the northeastern part of Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan. It is separated from the watershed of the Helmand River by the Unai Pass. The Kabul River is a tributary of the Indus River, flowing into it near Attock, Pakistan. The Kabul is the main river in eastern Afghanistan and in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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