Kushk River

Kushk River, river in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, formed by the confluence of two headstreams, the Āq Robāţ and the Galleh Chaghar, which rise in northwestern Afghanistan. The river flows northwestward, passing the town of Koshk-e Kohneh (Kushk), where it turns north and receives the waters of the Moqor (Jōye Ḏaṟāb); for 10 miles (16 km) it forms the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border. The river then turns northeast into Turkmenistan, where it receives the Egriyok River and eventually...