Kabul River

Kabul River
Aerial photo of Kabul River flood-plain east of Kabul, Afghanistan
Path of the Kabul River [1]
Mouth of the Kabul River in Pakistan
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 / 34.357; 68.8392
• 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 / 33.91667; 72.23222
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 (Urdu: دریائے کابل, Pashto: د کابل سیند), the classical Cophen /ˈkoʊfeɪn/, is a 700-kilometre-long (430 mi) 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 empties into the Indus River near Attock, Pakistan. It is the main river in eastern Afghanistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.