Kunduz (Amudarja)

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Kunduz
Kunduz, Surchab, Bamiyan River
Course of the Kunduz in the catchment area of ​​the Amudarja

Course of the Kunduz in the catchment area of ​​the Amudarja

Data
location Baglan , Bamiyan , Kunduz ( Afghanistan )
River system Amu Darya
Drain over Amu Darya  → Aral Sea (temporarily)
Headwaters Koh-e Baba
34 ° 40 '2 "  N , 67 ° 38' 20"  O
Source height approx.  4200  m
muzzle Amu Darya Coordinates: 37 ° 0 '15 "  N , 68 ° 15' 54"  E 37 ° 0 '15 "  N , 68 ° 15' 54"  E
Mouth height 318  m
Height difference approx. 3882 m
Bottom slope approx. 9.2 ‰
length 420 km
Catchment area 37,100 km²
Discharge at the Pol-e Chomri
A Eo gauge: 17,405 km² 		MQ 1950/1968
Mq 1950/1968
 		63.6 m³ / s
3.7 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the Char Dara
A Eo gauge: 24,820 km² 		MQ 1964/1978
Mq 1964/1978
 		53.4 m³ / s
2.2 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the Kulukh Tepa
A Eo gauge : 37,100 km²
Location: 5 km above the mouth 		MQ 1965/1978
Mq 1965/1978
 		106 m³ / s
2.9 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Andarab , Khanabad
Big cities Baglan , Kunduz
Medium-sized cities Bamiyan , Pol-e Chomri
Small towns Aliabad
Communities Doshi

The Kunduz (also Kunduz , in the upper reaches also Surchab ) is a left tributary of the Amudarja in the north of Afghanistan .

The Kunduz rises in the Koh-e Baba ridge about 20 km southwest of the city of Bamiyan . It flows through the Bamiyan Valley as the "Bamiyan River" in a north-easterly direction and separates the Koh-e-Baba in the south from the western part of the Hindu Kush in the north. After about 50 km the Kunduz turns north and cuts through the Hindu Kush in a deep valley. At Pol-e Khomri he finally reaches the Amu Darya plain. It flows further in a northerly direction, flows through the cities of Baglan and Kunduz , then turns to the northwest and finally flows into the Amu Darya on the border with Tajikistan . The Kunduz has a length of 420 km. Its catchment area covers 37,100 km². The Kunduz is mainly fed by the snowmelt . The water of the Kunduz is used for irrigation . In Pol-e Chomri there is a hydropower plant on the Kunduz.

Hydrometry

Average monthly discharge of the Kunduz (in m³ / s) at the Char Dara gauge (near the city of Kunduz)
measured from 1964 to 1978

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Article Surchab in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D107795~2a%3DSurchab~2b%3DSurchab
  2. ↑ a b c d e Streamflow Characteristics at Streamgages in Northern Afghanistan and Selected Locations (PDF 5.6 MB) USGS.