Vakhsh

The Vakhsh River, also known as the Surkhob (in north-central Tajikistan) and the Kyzyl-Suu (in Kyrgyzstan) is a Central Asian river, and one of the main rivers of the nation of Tajikistan. It is a tributary to the Amu Darya river. The river's source lies in Kyrgyzstan; it then flows through Tajikistan for a length of 524 kilometers before joining the Panj river to form the Amu Darya at the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan. The average annual discharge of the Vakhsh is 19.6 billion cubic meters. The river, which is fed mostly by melting glaciers, achieves maximum flow during the summer months of July and August. The river flows through very mountainous territory, which frequently restricts the river's flow to narrow channels within deep gorges. Within Tajikistan, the river's catchment area is 31,200 square kilometers. The largest tributaries of the Vakhsh are the Muksu and the Obihingou.

References

• "US $5.3 Million to Tajikistan for Emergency Landslide Stabilization Measures" (September 10, 2002). Asian Development Bank: press release no. 148/02.
• "Chapter 8: Water Resources Management". Environmental Performance Reviews: Tajikistan. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. United Nations: New York and Geneva: 2004.
• "Tajikistan - Topography and Drainage". U.S. Department of the Army. Published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Online version retrieved August 17, 2005.