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Shirin Tagab River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Shirin Tagab River is a river in Afghanistan, which travels 320 kilometres (200 mi) before ending in an inland delta around Andkhoi. The river's watershed has 504 settlements with a population of 605,972, and covers the majority of Faryab Province. Downstream, the river is brackish/saltwater. In addition, the river is a source of water-borne diseases.

Flows through: Afghanistan.

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

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