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KABUL RIVER

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 625 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KABUL See also:RIVER , a river of See also:Afghanistan, 300 M. in length. The Kabul (See also:ancient Kophes), which is the most important (although not the largest) river in Afghanistan, rises at the See also:foot of the Unai pass leading over the Sanglakh range, an offshoot of the See also:Hindu Kush towards See also:Bamian and Afghan See also:Turkestan. Its See also:basin forms the See also:province of Kabul, which includes all See also:northern Afghanistan between the Hindu Kush and the Safed Koh ranges. From its source to the See also:city of Kabul the course of the river is only 45 m., and this See also:part of it is often exhausted in summer for purposes of See also:irrigation. See also:Half a mile See also:east of Kabul it is joined by the See also:Logar, a much larger river, which rises beyond See also:Ghazni among the slopes of the Gul Koh (14,200 ft.), and drains the See also:rich and picturesque valleys of Logar and Wardak. Below the confluence the Kabul becomes a rapid stream with a See also:great See also:volume of See also:water and gradually absorbs the whole drainage of the Hindu Kush. About 40 M. below Kabul the Panjshir river joins it; 15 M. farther the Tagao; 20 M. from the Tagao junction the See also:united streams of Alingar and Alishang (See also:rivers of See also:Kafiristan) ; and 20 M. below that, at Balabagh, the Surkhab from the Safed Koh. Two or three See also:miles below See also:Jalalabad it is joined by the See also:Kunar, the river of See also:Chitral. Thence-forward it passes by deep See also:gorges through the See also:Mohmand hills, curving northward until it emerges into the See also:Peshawar See also:plain at Michni. Soon afterwards it receives the See also:Swat river from the See also:north and the Bara river from the See also:south, and after a further course of 40 M. falls into the See also:Indus at See also:Attock. From Jalalabad downwards the river is navigable by boats or rafts of inflated . skins, and is considerably used for purposes of See also:commerce.

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