Panj
The Panj, traditionally known as the Ochus River, is a river in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is 921 km long and has a basin area of 114,000 km2.
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Amu Darya
- Also known as: “Āb-e Panj”, “Āb-i-Panja”, “Ābi-i-Panja”, “Daryā-i-Panj”, “Daryā-ye Panj”, “Ochus”, “Ochus River”, “Pandja”, “Pandja River”, “Pandscha”, “Pandz”, “Panj River”, “Panja”, “Panja River”, “Pjandz”, “Pyanduzh River”, “Pyandzh”, “River Ochus”, “River Pandja”, “River Panj”, “River Panja”, and “Ώχος”
Panj
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.11017° or 37° 6′ 37″ north
Longitude
68.31572° or 68° 18′ 57″ east
Elevation
317 metres (1,040 feet)
Open location code
8J9C4868+37
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Panj” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر البانج”
- Arabic: “نهر بنج”
- Armenian: “Փյանջ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Panj”
- Azerbaijani: “Pənc çayı”
- Bashkir: “Пәнж”
- Basque: “Panj ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Пяндж”
- Bengali: “পঞ্জ নদী”
- Bulgarian: “Пяндж”
- Catalan: “riu Panj”
- Catalan: “Riu Panj”
- Cebuano: “Panj”
- Central Bikol: “Salog Panj”
- Chinese: “噴赤河”
- Chuvash: “Пяндж”
- Croatian: “Panj (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Pjandž”
- Czech: “Pandž”
- Danish: “Pjandzj”
- Dutch: “Pandj”
- Dutch: “Pandzj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بنج”
- Esperanto: “Pjanĝ”
- Estonian: “Pandži jõgi”
- Finnish: “Pandž”
- French: “Piandj”
- Georgian: “ფანჯი”
- German: “Pandsch”
- German: “Pjandsch”
- Greek: “Παντζ”
- Hindi: “पंज नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Panj”
- Irish: “Abhainn Panj”
- Italian: “Panj”
- Japanese: “パンジ川”
- Kazakh: “Пяндж”
- Kirghiz: “Панж”
- Korean: “판지강”
- Latin: “Oxus superior”
- Latin: “Oxus Superior”
- Latvian: “Pandža”
- Lithuanian: “Piandžas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pjandzj”
- Norwegian: “Pjandzj”
- Ossetian: “Пяндж”
- Panjabi: “ਪੰਜ (ਦਰਿਆ)”
- Panjabi: “ਪੰਜ”
- Persian: “دریای پنج”
- Persian: “رود پنج”
- Polish: “Pandż”
- Portuguese: “Rio Panj”
- Portuguese: “Rio Panje”
- Pushto: “پنج سیند”
- Russian: “Пяндж”
- Serbian: “Панџ”
- Slovenian: “Pandž (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Pandž”
- Spanish: “Panj”
- Spanish: “Río Panj”
- Swedish: “Pjandsj”
- Tajik: “Daryoi Panj”
- Tajik: “Panj”
- Tajik: “Панҷ”
- Tamil: “பஞ்ச் ஆறு”
- Tamil: “பாஞ்ச் ஆறு”
- Tatar: “Пәнеҗ”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำปันจ์”
- Ukrainian: “Пяндж”
- Urdu: “دریائے پنج”
- Uzbek: “Panj”
- Venetian: “Fiume Panj”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Panj”
- Welsh: “Afon Panj”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے پانج”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے پنج”
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