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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: tributary of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Baktros”, “Balkh Darra”, “Band-e Bābeh”, “Band-i-Amir”, “Banḏe Amīṟ”, “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”, and “Showlgara”
Balkh River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Balkh, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Balkh River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “Balch (řeka)”
- Czech: “Balchab”
- Czech: “Balcháb”
- Czech: “Daragez”
- Dutch: “Balkh River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلخ”
- French: “Balkh-Ab”
- French: “Balkh-Âb”
- German: “Balch”
- German: “Balchab”
- German: “Balkh”
- German: “Balkhab”
- Irish: “Abhainn Balkh”
- Italian: “Balkh (fiume)”
- Italian: “Balkh”
- Japanese: “バルフ川”
- Latin: “Bactrus”
- Latvian: “Balha (upe)”
- Latvian: “Balha”
- Persian: “باختروس”
- Persian: “باکتروس”
- Persian: “بلخ آب”
- Persian: “بلخ اب”
- Persian: “بلخ”
- Persian: “دریای بلخاب”
- Persian: “رودبلخاب”
- Persian: “رودخانه بلخاب”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ 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”
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Highlights include Dasht-e Arjanah and Qurbaqah.
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