Farah River

The Farah River is a river in western . The river originates in the Band-e Bayan Range in the eastern part of , and flows for 560 kilometres to the swamps on the Afghanistan- border.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Daṟyā-i-Faṟah”, “Daryā-ye Farāh”, “Daryā-ye Farāh Rūd”, “Faṟah Rōd”, “Faṟāh Ṟōḏ”, “Farah Rud River”, “Farrah Rūd”, “Harīrōd”, “دریای فراه”, “فړه رود”, and “هریرود

Farah River

Latitude
31.49454° or 31° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
61.37951° or 61° 22′ 46″ east
Elevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)
Open location code
8J33F9VH+RR
Geo­Names ID
1142262
Wiki­data ID
Q2091566
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Farah River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر فراه
  • Asturian: Ríu Farah
  • Azerbaijani: Fərəhrud
  • Belarusian: Фарахруд
  • Bulgarian: Фарахруд
  • Catalan: riu Farah
  • Catalan: Riu Farah
  • Cebuano: Farāh Rōd
  • Chinese: 法拉河
  • Czech: Farahrúd
  • Czech: Faráhrúd
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر فراه
  • Finnish: Farah
  • French: Farah Roud
  • French: Farâh
  • German: Farāh Rud
  • Hebrew: נהר פרח
  • Hindi: फ़राह नदी
  • Irish: Abhainn Farah
  • Lithuanian: Farahrudas
  • Persian: فراه رود
  • Polish: Farah Rod
  • Polish: Farah
  • Polish: Farahrud
  • Pushto: Farāh Rūd
  • Pushto: د فراه سیند
  • Russian: Фарах-Руд
  • Russian: Фарахруд
  • Slovak: Faráh
  • Slovak: Farráh
  • Spanish: Rio Farah
  • Spanish: Río Farah
  • Swedish: Darya-ye Farah
  • Swedish: Farah rud
  • Tamil: பரா ஆறு
  • Turkish: Ferah Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Фарахруд
  • Welsh: Afon Farah
  • Western Panjabi: دریائے فراہ

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