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Arghistan River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Arghistan or Arghastan is a river in southern Afghanistan. It flows through Arghistan District and the provinces of Zabul and Kandahar. It is a tributary of the Dori River, a sub-tributary of the Helmand River. It flows for 280 kilometres (170 mi) and has a basin area of 20,219 square kilometres (7, 807 sq mi).

Flows through: Afghanistan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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