Khulm River
Khulm River | |
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Location | |
Country | Afghanistan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Kara-Kotal pass |
• elevation | 3,600 m (11,800 ft) |
Amu Darya River | |
Length | 230 km (140 mi) |
Basin size | 8,400 km2 (3,200 sq mi) |
The Khulm River (Darya-i Khulm; alternate spelling: Kholm; alternate name: Tashqurghan River)
Geography
The mountains are characterized as rocky
The Khulm River is one of the tributaries of the
The entire Khulm water is used up for irrigation before it can reach the Oxus.[3] In 1896, Keane wrote of the countryside's desert encroachment, causing the Khulm River as it passes from the Kara-koh hills to no longer reach the Oxus.[7]
Agriculture
The banks of the Khulm River are rich agricultural areas with rolling green hills at the side of the valleys it passes through. Many farmers in this region of Afghanistan are dependent upon the river for agriculture, particularly fruits. The Khulm is said to produce the world's finest Satar Bayee, Khairuddin Bayee and Abdul Wahidi almonds, pistachio nuts and Afghanistan's finest pomegranates.[8]
Flood control
Near Khulm, there are extensive orchards on the banks of the river.[9] IDEA-NEW has been responsible for implementing a new program to prevent the orchards from flooding in Khulm District, protecting some 500 hectares of orchards from floods.[8] The first phase was completed in winter 2009 with the erection of a 975 metre long protection wall and in 2010 550 metre long gabion protection walls were built on both sides of the Khulm River benefiting 500 families.[8] The project has created some 6,900 days of employment for local workers combined and generating an income of US$99,362 for the labourers who were trained in gabion weaving to be implemented along the river banks.[8] Previously the locals living along the river would attempt to mitigate the river against flooding with sandbanks which failed poorly.[8]
References
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- ^ a b c d Baynes, Thomas Spencer (1888). "Afghanistan". The Encyclopædia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. Vol. 1. H.G. Allen. pp. 242–243.
- ^ Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1843). "Turkistan". The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 25. C. Knight. p. 413.
- ^ "Water Resource Development In Northern Afghanistan and Its Implications::Working paper 12" (PDF). World Bank. pp. 2, 11–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- ^ Keane, Augustus Henry (1896). Asia...: Southern and western Asia. E. Stanford. p. 33.
- ^ Keane, p. 18
- ^ USAID. August 15, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ISBN 1-4021-0034-5.