Which rivers receive most of the meltwater from the Pamirs?

The vast majority of meltwater from the Pamirs drains into the Panj and Vakhsh rivers and their various tributaries.1

These two rivers serve as the principal headstreams that converge to form the Amu Darya, which then conveys the meltwater downstream to support extensive irrigation projects. While a smaller portion of meltwater flows toward the Tarim Basin in western China, the Panj-Vakhsh system remains the primary drainage route for the region's significant glacial runoff.12