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Vakhsh River
Sign in to saveAlso known as Surkhob, Kyzyl-Suu, Kizil-su, Kyzyl-suu, Surkhob River, Kyzyl-Suu River, Kizil-su River, Kyzyl-suu River
major river of Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan in Central Asia, a tributary of the Amu Darya
Key facts
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan
- Mouth
- Amu Darya
- Length
- 786 km (488 mi)
- Basin size
- 39,100 km (15,100 sq mi)
- Average
- 621 m /s (21,900 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Amu Darya → Aral Sea
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
French language map, centred on eastern Tajikistan, showing the Vakhsh, its tributaries and its eventual confluence with the Amu Darya (‘Vakhch/Surkhob/Kyzylsu’ capitalised in blue top left) The Vakhsh (/ˈvækʃ/ VAKSH; Tajik and Russian: Вахш), also known as the Surkhob (Tajik: Сурхоб) in north-central Tajikistan and as the Kyzyl-Suu (Kyrgyz: Кызыл-Суу) in Kyrgyzstan, is a Central Asian river and one of the main rivers of Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Amu Darya river.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vakhsh River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
On the map
2 mapped locations