Balch (river)

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Balch
Balchab, Rud-e Band-e Amir
Data
location Bamiyan , Balch , Dschuzdschan , Samangan , Sar-i Pul ( Afghanistan )
River system Balch
source 50 km northwest of Bamiyan
35 ° 1 ′ 7 ″  N , 67 ° 18 ′ 43 ″  E
Infiltration northwest of Mingajik coordinates: 37 ° 6 '14 "  N , 65 ° 55' 18"  O 37 ° 6 '14 "  N , 65 ° 55' 18"  O

length approx. 450 km
Catchment area 18,700 km²
Discharge at the Band-i-Amir
A Eo gauge : 445 km² 		MQ 1969/1976
Mq 1969/1976
 		1.46 m³ / s
3.3 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the Nayak
A Eo gauge : 1460 km² 		MQ 1969/1978
Mq 1969/1978
 		5.26 m³ / s
3.6 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the Rabat-i-Bala
A Eo gauge: 18,035 km² 		MQ 1964/1978
Mq 1964/1978
 		49.2 m³ / s
2.7 l / (s km²)
Flowing lakes Band-e-Amir Lakes
Small towns Aqchah
Communities Mingajik
Balkh (river) (Afghanistan)
source
source
Infiltration
Infiltration
Map of Afghanistan with source and infiltration point of the Balch

The Balch (also Balchab ; in the upper reaches of Rud-e Band-e Amir ) is a river in central and northern Afghanistan .

The Balkh has its source about 50 kilometers northwest of Bamiyan . The river flows through the Band-e-Amir lakes in a westerly direction, later it turns to the northwest and finally to the north. It flows through the central Afghan mountains in a predominantly northward direction. Finally, it reaches the plain in northern Afghanistan about 20 kilometers west of Mazar-e Sharif and 10 kilometers south of the city of Balkh . The river then turns west and passes the city of Aqchah . The river fans out into many arms and seeps into the desert northwest of Mingajik .

In ancient times the Balch was known as Baktros and at that time still flowed into the Oxus .

The Balch has a length of about 450 kilometers.

Hydrometry

Average monthly discharge of the Balch (in m³ / s) at the Rabat-i-Bala gauge
measured from 1964 to 1978

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Article Balch in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D93321~2a%3DBalch~2b%3DBalch
  2. ↑ a b c d Streamflow Characteristics at Streamgages in Northern Afghanistan and Selected Locations (PDF 5.6 MB) USGS.
  3. ↑ Wilhelm Tomaschek : Baktros . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2814.