Panj River

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The Panj River is a significant Central Asian waterway that forms much of the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan and serves as a principal headstream of the Amu Darya.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Afghanistan NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED
Tajikistan NERFINISHED
borderFunction international boundary
borderLengthApproxKm 1000
climateZone high mountain
continent Asia
country Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Tajikistan NERFINISHED
drainageBasin Aral Sea basin NERFINISHED
fedBy glacial meltwater
snowmelt
flowsAlong Badakhshan Province NERFINISHED
Balkh Province NERFINISHED
Kunduz Province NERFINISHED
Takhar Province NERFINISHED
flowsDirectionGeneral northwest
west
flowsThrough Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
formsBorderBetween Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Tajikistan NERFINISHED
headwaterOf Amu Darya NERFINISHED
languageVariantName Pjandzj River NERFINISHED
Pyandzh River NERFINISHED
Pyanj River NERFINISHED
lengthApproxKm 921
locatedIn Central Asia NERFINISHED
majorTributary Bartang River NERFINISHED
Kokcha River NERFINISHED
Kunduz River NERFINISHED
Vanj River NERFINISHED
Yazgulem River NERFINISHED
mouth Amu Darya NERFINISHED
nameInPersian پنج NERFINISHED
nameInTajik Панҷ NERFINISHED
nameMeaning five
partOf Amu Darya basin NERFINISHED
Pamir River system NERFINISHED
region Hindu Kush vicinity
Pamir NERFINISHED
sourceConfluenceOf Pamir River NERFINISHED
Vanj River NERFINISHED
sourceRegion Pamir Mountains NERFINISHED
tributaryOf Amu Darya NERFINISHED
usedFor hydropower potential
irrigation

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Wakhan Corridor
hasRiver
Tajikistan
majorRiver
Amu Darya
tributary

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