Chitral River

The Chitral River,Template:Efn also known in Afghanistan as the Kunar River,Template:Efn is a long river in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It originates from the Chiantar glacier, located at the border of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral in Pakistan. At Arandu it enters into Afghanistan, where it is called the Kunar River. It later merges with Kabul river in Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. The river system is fed by melting glaciers and snow of the Hindu Kush mountains. The Chitral River serves as a major tributary of the Kabul river, which is in turn a tributary of the Indus River in Pakistan.

Origin and course of flow

The river rises in the far north glaciated Hindu Kush mountains of Chitral, Pakistan, where it is referred to as Chitral river. Around 60% to 70% of annual discharge of Kunar river originates from Chitral. Downstream as far as the town of Mastuj, it is called as the Mastuj river, until its confluence with the Lotkoh river. Kunar then turns southwards into the upper Kunar Valley of Afghanistan. At the confluence in Asadabad, it meets with Pech River and finally empties into the Kabul River just to the east of the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. The combined rivers then flow eastwards into Pakistan again, and joins the Indus River at the city of Attock.

File:A view of the Kunar River Valley from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade flying over Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2014 140102-A-MH207-960.jpg

Kunar river in the Kunar valley, Afghanistan

See also

• Konar Dam
• Chitral
• Kunar Province

Further reading

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