Qizilsu
Appearance
Qizilsu | |
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Location | |
Country | Tajikistan |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Panj |
• coordinates | 37°22′20″N 69°22′53″E / 37.3723°N 69.3815°E |
Length | 230 km (140 mi) |
Basin size | 8,630 km2 (3,330 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Panj→ Amu Darya→ Aral Sea |
The Qizilsu or Kyzylsu (Russian: Кызылсу, Tajik: Қизилсу) is a river that rises on the southern slopes of the Vakhsh Range in the north-east of Tajikistan's Khatlon Region and runs south-west until joining the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. The river is 230 kilometres (140 mi) long and has a basin area of 8,630 square kilometres (3,330 sq mi).[1] It merges with the Yakhsu (Akhshu) as a major left tributary south of the town of Kulyab. It irrigates the cotton-growing Qizilsu Valley between Kulob and Panj in the south-east of Khatlon Province. It is not the Kyzyl-Suu River that rises in Kyrgyzstan and flows through Tajikistan as Surkhob, then Vakhsh, following a course north-west of Qizilsu.
References
- "The Kyzylsu River and Mountains of Southern Tajikistan". Chelys. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2019.