Balkh River

The river rises in the Band-e Amir lakes in Bamyan Province in the Hindu Kush.

The river flows west, then north, and terminates in irrigation canals in the area of the cities of Balkh and Mazar-e Sharif or in the desert.

In times of exceptional flood the river drains into the lowlands of Turkmenistan.

In ancient times the river terminated in a delta at the Amu Darya, but has not reached that river since irrigation canals were developed centuries ago.

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