Pandsch

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Pandsch
Panj, Pandz, Pjandz, Pandscha, Pyandsch
Map showing the course of the Pandsch

Map showing the course of the Pandsch

Data
location Afghanistan , Tajikistan
River system Amu Darya
Drain over Amu Darya  → Aral Sea (temporarily)
Confluence of Pamir and Wachandarja
37 ° 1 ′ 3 ″  N , 72 ° 39 ′ 41 ″  E
Source height 2799  m
Association with Wachsch to Amu Darya below the city of Pandsch Coordinates: 37 ° 6 '39 "  N , 68 ° 18' 53"  E 37 ° 6 '39 "  N , 68 ° 18' 53"  E
Mouth height approx.  310  m
Height difference approx. 2489 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.7 ‰
length 921 km
Catchment area 114,000 km²
Drain MQ
HHQ
1012 m³ / s
3280 m³ / s
Left tributaries Shiva , Jaway Ab , Koktscha
Right tributaries Gunt , Bartang , Jasgulem , Wantsch , Kyzylsu
Small towns Ishkashim , Chorugh , Kalai-Khum , Rushan , Pandsch
Communities Qala Panja
Main source of the Amu Darya
Pandsch above Kevron

Pandsch above Kevron

Bridge at Kalai-Khum

Bridge at Kalai-Khum

Pandsch near Kevron, on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Pandsch near Kevron , on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Location of the Pandsch (Panj) in the catchment area of ​​the Amu Darya

Location of the Pandsch (Panj) in the catchment area of ​​the Amu Darya

The Pandsch or Pjandsch (also Pandz , Pjandz or Pandscha ; Persian پنج Pandsch , DMG panǧ ; Tajik Панҷ Pandsch ; Russian Пяндж Pjandsch ) is 921 km long, left source river of Amu Darya in Central Asia . As the source river, which is significantly richer in water, hydrologically it represents the main strand of the Amu Darya river system.

River course

The river is being built on the border of to Afghanistan belonging Wachankorridors in Badakhshan for the Tajik Autonomous Province of Gorno-Badakhshan . There it forms at the junction of the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains southeast of the 6,726  m high Karl Marx peak below the Tajik town of Langar and above the Afghan town of Qala Panja at 2,799  m from the union of the Pamir river and the larger Wachandarja . Together with the latter, the Pandsch has a length of 1141 km.

From there, the pandsch, which flows through a narrow valley rich in ravines, continues to turn mainly in western directions on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He reached Ishkashim and passes the just south of the town 7690  m towering Tirich Mir , the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush to kinking then north. Directly west of Chorugh , the river Gunt, coming from the east of the Pamir Mountains, flows into it at an altitude of 2062  m . A little further north, near Womar, the water of the Bartang flows towards it at an altitude of 1979  m . The pjj then gradually turns westward, continuing to be followed by the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

Below the settlement (until 2007 city) Pandsch , it joins the Wachsch to Amu Darya a few kilometers below an inland delta at an altitude of only 310  m . Its water flow here is a good 1000 m³ / s compared to a good 600 m³ / s in the Wachsch.

Strategic importance

The Pandsch played an important role for the military in the Soviet era and was also a strategically important river for the Afghan military in the 1980s .

There are road bridges over the Pandsch in the autonomous province of Berg-Badachshan in Ischkoschim (to the Afghan Ischkaschim ), near Chorugh and in Qalai Chumb . They were long gone further downstream. Since 2007 there has been another bridge at Pandschi Pojon (formerly Russian Nizhny Pyandsch ), about 25 km above the confluence with the Wachsch, on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan . The 673 m long construction was financed by the USA with the participation of Norway . The bridge considerably shortens the transport routes in the region. Since then, many times more vehicles have been able to cross the river on this transition. The previous ferry connection could only transport a maximum of 60 cars a day, and it was completely out of action for several months a year due to the strong current of the river. This bridge on the route from Kabul via Kunduz to Dushanbe has meanwhile also acquired strategic importance for the international drug trade from Afghanistan via Tajikistan to Russia and the West.

Web links

Commons : Pandsch  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Article Pandsch in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D094583~2a%3D~2b%3DPandsch
  2. Niz level. Piandge, GRDC
  3. Overview map of the discharge heights in Tajikistan
  4. Press release: Secretary Gutierrez Opened Afghanistan - Tajikistan Bridge with Presidents Karzai and Rahmon , on: Office of the Chief Information Officer website, August 26, 2007, accessed July 7, 2016
  5. ^ Bureau of International Information Programs, US Department of State: Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge Links Central, South Asia , america.gov, August 29, 2007, accessed July 7, 2016
  6. Newspaper article: US-built bridge is windfall for Afghan drug trade , on: McClatchy Newspapers, June 28, 2009, accessed on July 7, 2016