Bartang
The Bartang is a river of Central Asia, and is a tributary to the Panj which itself is a tributary to the Amu Darya. In its middle and upper reaches, it is respectively known as the Murghab and Aksu; it flows through the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan, then through the Rushon District of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Tajikistan.
- Stream
- Description: river
- Also known as“Aksu River”“Bartang River”“Murghab River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rushon.
Bartang
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Latitude
37.92728° or 37° 55′ 38″ north
Longitude
71.58568° or 71° 35′ 8″ east
Open location code
8J9HWHGP+W7
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Bartang” goes by many names.
نهر برتنغArabic
ԲարտանգArmenian
Ríu BartangAsturian
Bartanq çayıAzerbaijani
БартангBulgarian
BartangCatalan
MurghabCatalan
Rius Aksu (Tadjikistan)Catalan
BartangCebuano
MurghobCebuano
巴爾坦格河Chinese
穆尔加布河Chinese
BartangCroatian
BartangCzech
OksuCzech
BartangDutch
Bartang RiverDutch
نهر بارتانچEgyptian Arabic
BartangEstonian
Bartangi jõgiEstonian
Murgabi jõgiEstonian
OksuEstonian
Oksu jõgiEstonian
BartangFinnish
ბართანგიGeorgian
ΜπαρτάνγκGreek
Abhainn BartangIrish
BartangItalian
Fiume MurghabItalian
バルタング川Japanese
バルタン川Japanese
ムルガーブ川 (タジキスタン)Japanese
BartangasLithuanian
OksuLithuanian
ബർതാങ് നദിMalayalam
BartangNorwegian
AksuNorwegian Bokmål
BartangNorwegian Bokmål
MurghabNorwegian Bokmål
БартангOssetian
رود برتنگPersian
АксуRussian
БартангRussian
МургабRussian
ОксуRussian
BartangTajik
БартангTajik
БартангUkrainian
Мургаб (притока П’янджу)Ukrainian
Мургаб (річка в Таджикистані)Ukrainian
BartangUzbek
Afon BartangWelsh
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