Balkh River
The Balkh River or Balkhab, also known in its upper reaches as the Band-e Amir River, is a river in northern Afghanistan. The river rises in the Band-e Amir lakes in Bamyan Province in the Hindu Kush.- Type: Watercourse
- Description: tributary of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Baktros”, “Balch (řeka)”, “Balchab”, “Balkh Darra”, “Balkh-Ab”, “Balkhab”, “Band-e Bābeh”, “Band-i-Amir”, “Banḏe Amīṟ”, “Daragez”, “Daria Band-i-Babar”, “Darra Band-i-Bābā”, “Darra Band-i-Hāba”, “Ḏaṟyā-i-Balkhāb”, “Daryā-ye Chashmeh-ye Shāfā’”, “Daryā-ye Darreh Gaz”, “Rode Balkhab”, “Shicha Khana”, “Sholgara”, “Showlgara”, “باختروس”, “باکتروس”, “بلخ آب”, “بلخ اب”, “رودبلخاب”, “رودخانه بلخاب”, and “رودخانهٔ بلخاب”
Balkh River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Balkh, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.82757° or 36° 49′ 39″ north
Longitude
66.27988° or 66° 16′ 48″ east
Elevation
304 metres (997 feet)
Open location code
8J88R7HH+2X
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Balkh River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلخ”
- Arabic: “نهر بلخ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Balkh”
- Bulgarian: “Балх (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Балх”
- Cebuano: “Balkh River”
- Chinese: “巴爾喀河”
- Czech: “Balcháb”
- Dutch: “Balkh River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلخ”
- French: “Balkh-Âb”
- German: “Balch”
- Irish: “Abhainn Balkh”
- Italian: “Balkh (fiume)”
- Italian: “Balkh”
- Japanese: “バルフ川”
- Latin: “Bactrus”
- Latvian: “Balha (upe)”
- Latvian: “Balha”
- Persian: “بلخ”
- Persian: “دریای بلخاب”
- Pushto: “د بلخ سیند”
- Russian: “Балх”
- Swedish: “Balkh River”
- Swedish: “Balkh”
- Turkish: “Belh Nehri”
- Urdu: “دریائے بلخ”
- Uzbek: “Balxob”
- Welsh: “Afon Balkh”
- Western Frisian: “Balch”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے بلخ”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے بلکھ”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Chakish and Chakish-e Sarband.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Dasht-e Arjanah and Qurbaqah.
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Worth a closer look: Kabul and Kandahar.
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