This article is about the river rising in central-western Afghanistan. For the river rising in the Wakhan District of northeastern Afghanistan which is also called "Murghab River" in its upper reaches, see Bartang.
Mary Oasis (ultimately the Aral Sea via Amu Darya)
Length
~850 km (530 mi)
Basin size
34,700 km2 (13,400 sq mi) (Harirod-Murghab basin)[3]
Discharge
• average
48.7 m3/s (1,720 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system
Amu Darya
The Marghab River (Persian/Pashto: مرغاب, Morqâb, Balochi: مرگاپ), anciently the Margiana (Ancient Greek: Μαργιανή, Margianḗ), is an 850-kilometre (530 mi) long river in Central Asia. It rises in the Paropamisus Mountains (Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh) in Ghor Province, flows through the Marghab District in central Afghanistan, then runs northwest towards the Bala Murghab. Reaching the oasis of Mary in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan, the Marghab debouches into the Karakum Canal, a diversion of water from the Amu Darya. The catchment area of the Marghab is estimated at 46,880 square kilometres (18,100 sq mi).[4]
^Rawlinson, George (January 19, 2018). A Short History of Persia. Ozymandias Press. ISBN 9781531277079 – via Google Books.
^Strange, G. Le (June 16, 2011). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107600140 – via Google Books.
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the present-day Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, and then crossed the Marghabriver and its tributary the Kushk to approach the city of Merv from the south...
Marghab District (Persian ولسوالی مرغاب), is a district located in Ghor Province, Afghanistan, created on 26 November 2019. Shorabak area serves as the...
in Ahal Province of Turkmenistan. The Saryk mostly live on the upper MarghabRiver. The Chowdur tribe are direct descendants of the Chavuldur tribe of...
the present-day Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, and then crossed the Marghabriver and its tributary the Kushk to approach the city of Merv from the south...
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environs of Chaghcharan. A Buddhist monastery hand-carved on the bluff of the river Harirud existed in the first centuries during the prevalence of Buddhism...
capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi) south of the Amu Darya river and the Uzbekistan border. Its population was estimated to be 138,594 in...
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routed and those still alive were killed in the forest or drowned in the river. The second battle that took place between Sabuktigin and Jayapala in 988...
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Helmand River. The rest is a desert. The district capital, Garmsir, is located in the northwestern part of the district on the east bank of Helmand River. Garsmir...
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north of here. Famous valleys include the Koksha Valley nearby the Koksha river, which is famous for its mines. "Map of the earthquake M7.5 - 45km N of...
and Tregami (north-south) rivers. The district capital, the village of Watapur, lies near the junction of these two rivers. The Tregami valley is broad...
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