Band-e Qarghah

Qargha Dam is located in the town of , about 10 mi west from the neighborhood of , . It is an embankment dam built on the Paghman River, with a side channel spillway under the road running on top of the dam.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Band-e Qargheh”, “Banḏe Qaṟgha”, “De Qarghē Band”, “Qargah Dam”, and “Qargha Dam”

Band-e Qarghah

Latitude
34.55281° or 34° 33′ 10″ north
Longitude
69.03426° or 69° 2′ 3″ east
Elevation
1,982 metres (6,503 feet)
Open location code
8J6FH23M+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34126914
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
1129558
Wiki­data ID
Q21748665
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Band-e Qarghah” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Band-e Qarghah”
  • German: “Band-eQarghah”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਰਘਾ ਸਰੋਵਰ”
  • Persian: “بند قرغه”
  • Pushto: “د قرغې بند”
  • Swedish: “Band-e Qarghah”
  • Urdu: “قرغہ ڈیم”
  • Uzbek: “Qargʻa toʻgʻoni”

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