| Kofarnihon | |
|---|---|
 The Kofarnihon in Vahdat | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amu Darya |
• coordinates | 36°56′13″N68°00′53″E / 36.93694°N 68.01472°E /36.93694; 68.01472 |
| Length | 387 km (240 mi) |
| Basin size | 11,600 km2 (4,500 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Amu Darya→Aral Sea |
TheKofarnihon (Tajik:Кофарниҳон,Uzbek:Kofarnihon) is one of the major tributaries of theAmu Darya (together withVakhsh andPanj) in Tajikistan. The river is 387 kilometres (240 mi) long and has a basin area of 11,600 square kilometres (4,500 sq mi).[1] It rises on the southern slopes ofGissar Range inVahdat district, formerly Kofarnihon district, and flows in the general south-western direction past the cities ofVahdat andDushanbe, where it turns south and runs throughKhatlon Province toward theborder with Afghanistan. It falls into Amudarya some 40 km west of the confluence point of Vakhsh and Panj rivers. The Kofarnihon is an important source of drinking water, and yet it is highly polluted by irrigation runoff and inadequately cleaned recycled water around the cities of Dushanbe and Vahdat.[2]
For part of its course, it forms theborder between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its main tributaries are theVarzob andKhanaka from the right, and theElok from the right.[1]
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