Salang River
The Salang is a 438-kilometre long river of Afghanistan, flowing through Parwan Province. It is a tributary of the Ghorband River and through that river of the Panjshir and Kabul rivers in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Darra Salang”, “Ḏaṟyā Sālang”, and “دریا سالنگ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shamali Plain.
Shamali Plain
The Shamali Plain is north of Kabul. Shamali, meaning 'windy' or 'northern,' is a green plain which has produced a lot of the food for central Afghanistan. From Kabul it extends north through Charikar, Parvan province to Jabal os Saraj.Salang River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Parwan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Salang River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Salang River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Daryā-ye Sālang”
- Chinese: “沙蘭河”
- Chinese: “薩朗河”
- Czech: “Salang”
- Dutch: “Salang River”
- French: “Salang”
- German: “Salang”
- Greek: “Σαλάνγκ”
- Irish: “Abhainn Salang”
- Japanese: “サーラン川”
- Japanese: “サラング川”
- Japanese: “サラン川”
- Persian: “دريای سالنگ”
- Persian: “رود سالنگ”
- Pushto: “سالنګ سيند”
- Slovak: “Salang”
- Spanish: “Río Salang”
- Swedish: “Darya-ye Salang”
- Swedish: “Salang”
- Urdu: “دریائے سالنگ”
- Welsh: “Afon Salang”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے سالانگ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shāh Murād Khēl and Sa‘īdullāh.
Notable Places Nearby
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