Chitral River

The Chitral River, also known in as the Kunar River, is a 480 kilometres long river in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It originates from the Chiantar Glacier, located at the border of Gilgit Baltistan and in Pakistan.
  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 534 metres (1,752 feet)
  • Description: River in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  • Also known as
    “Daryā-ye Konar”
    “Kama River”
    “Konar Sīnḏ”
    “Kunar River”
    “Mastuj”
    “Mastuj River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jalalabad Airport and Forward Operating Base Fenty.

Aerodrome
, also known as Nangarhar Airport… is situated 3 km west of Chitral River.

Military installation
was a military base built around . is situated 2½ km west of Chitral River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jalalabad.

, previously known as Tarunshahr, and…

Chitral River

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Latitude
34.4° or 34° 24′ north
Longitude
70.53° or 70° 31′ 48″ east
Open location code
8J6GCG2J+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chitral River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر كنر”
  • Arabic: “نهر كونر”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Kunar”
  • Bengali: “চিত্রল নদী”
  • Cebuano: “Kunar”
  • Chinese: “庫納河”
  • Chinese: “庫納爾河”
  • Chuvash: “Кунар”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كونار”
  • French: “Kunar”
  • German: “Chitral”
  • German: “Kunar”
  • Greek: “Κουνάρ”
  • Hebrew: “נהר קונאר”
  • Hindi: “कुनर नदी”
  • Hungarian: “Kunar-folyó”
  • Hungarian: “Kunar”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Kunar”
  • Italian: “fiume Kunar”
  • Italian: “Kunar”
  • Japanese: “クナール川”
  • Japanese: “クナル川”
  • Latvian: “Konara”
  • Lithuanian: “Kunaras”
  • Macedonian: “Кунар”
  • Malayalam: “കുനാർ നദി”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁਨਾਰ ਨਦੀ”
  • Persian: “دريای كنر”
  • Persian: “رود کنر”
  • Persian: “رود کونر”
  • Polish: “Kunar”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Kunar”
  • Pushto: “رودِ کونړ”
  • Pushto: “کونړ رود”
  • Pushto: “کونړ سيند‎”
  • Pushto: “کونړ سيند”
  • Russian: “Кунар”
  • Sindhi: “ڪنھار ندي”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کونار چایی”
  • Spanish: “Kunar”
  • Spanish: “Río Kunar”
  • Swedish: “Kunar”
  • Tajik: “Дарёи Кунар”
  • Tajik: “Кунар (дарё)”
  • Urdu: “دریائے چترال”
  • Uzbek: “Kunar daryosi”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Kunar”
  • Welsh: “Afon Kunar”
  • Western Panjabi: “چترال دریا”
  • Western Panjabi: “دریائے چترال”
  • Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ چترال”

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