Kowkcheh

river, Afghanistan

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The Kowkcheh is a river in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. It is formed by two headstreams in northwestern Afghanistan and flows northwestward. After passing the town of Koshk-e Kohneh, it turns north and receives the waters of the Moqor River. For a short distance, it forms the border between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan before turning northeast into Turkmenistan. It eventually empties into the Morghāb River. The Kowkcheh River drains an area of about 4,100 square miles and is a tributary of the Amu Darya River. Portions of its course can be dry during the summer months, but its waters are used to irrigate farmlands.12

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…its major Afghan tributaries, the Kowkcheh and the Qondūz, rise in the mountains of Badakhshān and Kondoz provinces. The Amu Darya becomes navigable from its confluence with the Kowkcheh, 60 miles (100 km) west of the city of Feyẕābād.
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…its major Afghan tributaries, the Kowkcheh and the Qondūz, rise in the mountains of Badakhshān and Kondoz provinces. The Amu Darya becomes navigable from its confluence with the Kowkcheh, 60 miles (100 km) west of the city of Feyẕābād.
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