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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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”, “Panj River”, “Panja”, “Panja River”, “Pyanduzh River”, “Pyandzh”, “River Ochus”, “River Pandja”, “River Panj”, and “River Panja”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Takht-i Sangin.
Takht-i Sangin
Archaeological site
Takht-i Sangin is an archaeological site located near the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers, the source of the Amu Darya, in southern Tajikistan. Takht-i Sangin is situated 3 km southwest of Panj.
Panj
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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: “Panj”
- 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: “Pandscha”
- German: “Pandz”
- German: “Panj”
- German: “Pjandsch”
- German: “Pjandz”
- Greek: “Παντζ”
- Greek: “Ώχος”
- Hindi: “पंज नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Panj”
- Irish: “Abhainn Panj”
- Italian: “Panj”
- Japanese: “パンジ川”
- Kazakh: “Пяндж”
- Kirghiz: “Панж”
- Korean: “판지강”
- 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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tahānah-ye Takht-e Qubād and Kŭhi Burutoy.
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