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Khulm River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Khulm River (Darya-i Khulm, alternate spelling: Kholm, alternate name: Tashqurghan River) is a river of north-central Afghanistan. In its lower course, it passes through Khulm and Haybak in Balkh Province. The Khulm is a tributary to the Oxus basin. Its source is south of the city of Khulm and it passes through the city of Samangan and Samangan Province. The Khulm River forms the western border of Kunduz Province.

Flows through: Afghanistan.

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

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