Kofarnihon
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Kofarnihon River
)| Kofarnihon | |
|---|---|
 The Kofarnihon in Vahdat | |
| Location | |
| Country | Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amu Darya |
• coordinates | 36°56′13″N 68°00′53″E / 36.93694°N 68.01472°E |
| Length | 387 km (240 mi) |
| Basin size | 11,600 km2 (4,500 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Amu Darya→ Aral Sea |
The Kofarnihon (
Khatlon Province toward the border with Afghanistan. It falls into Amudarya some 40 km west of the confluence point of Vakhsh and Panj rivers. The Kofarnihon is an important source of drinking water, and yet it is highly polluted by irrigation runoff and inadequately cleaned recycled water around the cities of Dushanbe and Vahdat.[2]
For part of its course, it forms the border between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its main tributaries are the Varzob and Khanaka from the right, and the Elok from the right.[1]
References
- ^ a b Кафирниган, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ "Tajikistan 2002. The State of the Environment. Water Resources". Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
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