Ghorband River
The Ghorband is a river of Afghanistan, flowing through Parwan Province. It is a tributary of the Panjshir River, then a sub-tributary of the Indus River, then the Kabul River.Photo: Afghanistan Matters, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river of Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Ḏaṟyā Ghōṟbanḏ”, “Darya-ye Ghor Band”, “Daryā-ye Ghowr Band”, “Gorband”, “Rūdkhāneh-ye Ghowr Band”, “دريای غور بند”, and “دریای غور بند”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alexandria in the Caucasus.
Alexandria in the Caucasus
Archaeological site
Photo: Artacoana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexandria in the Caucasus was a colony of Alexander the Great. It was one of many colonies designated with the name "Alexandria". He founded the colony at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, in the country of the Paropamisadae.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mahmud Raqi District and Bagram.
Mahmud Raqi District
Neighborhood
Mahmude Raqi District is located in the western part of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. It borders with Parvan Province to the south; Nijrab District and the former Kohistan District to the north; and Tagab District to the southeast. Mahmud Raqi District is situated 5 km northeast of Ghorband River.
Bagram
Bagram is a town and seat in Bagram District in Parwan Province of Afghanistan, about 60 kilometers north of the capital Kabul. It is the site of an ancient city located at the junction of the Ghorband and Panjshir Valley, near today's city of Charikar, Afghanistan.
Ghorband River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Parwan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ghorband River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر غوربند”
- Asturian: “Ríu Ghorband”
- Catalan: “Ghurband”
- Cebuano: “Daryā-ye Ghōr Band”
- Chinese: “哥班德河”
- Chinese: “戈爾班德河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جورباند”
- French: “Ghorband”
- German: “Ghorband”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ghorband”
- Italian: “Ghorband”
- Japanese: “ゴールバンド川”
- Japanese: “ゴルバンド川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghorband”
- Persian: “دریای غوربند”
- Pushto: “د غوربند سیند”
- Russian: “Горбанд”
- Spanish: “Ghorband”
- Spanish: “Río Ghorband”
- Swedish: “Darya-ye Ghorband”
- Swedish: “Ghorband”
- Tajik: “Ғурбанд”
- Urdu: “دریائے غوربند”
- Venetian: “Fiume Ghorband”
- Welsh: “Afon Ghorband”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے غوربند”
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