Kofarnihon

{{hatnote|''Kofarnihon'' is also a former name of the city [[Vahdat]] in Tajikistan.}} {{Infobox river | name = Kofarnihon | image = Kofarnihon,Vahdat.jpg | image_caption = The Kofarnihon in Vahdat | source1 = | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Amu Darya]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36|56|13|N|68|00|53|E|region:TJ_type:river_source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}} | progression = {{RAmu Darya}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | length_km = 387 | discharge1_avg = | basin_size_km2 = 11600 }} The '''Kofarnihon''' ({{langx|tg|Кофарниҳон}}, {{langx|uz|Kofarnihon}}) is one of the major tributaries of the [[Amu Darya]] (together with [[Vakhsh (river)|Vakhsh]] and [[Panj River|Panj]]) in Tajikistan. The river is {{convert|387|km|mi}} long and has a basin area of {{convert|11600|km2|mi2}}.<ref name=bse>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article060073.html Кафирниган], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref> It rises on the southern slopes of [[Gissar Range]] in [[Vahdat district]], formerly Kofarnihon district, and flows in the general south-western direction past the cities of [[Vahdat]] and [[Dushanbe]], where it turns south and runs through [[Khatlon Province]] toward the [[Afghanistan–Tajikistan border|border with Afghanistan]]. It falls into Amudarya some 40 km west of the confluence point of Vakhsh and Panj rivers. The Kofarnihon is an important source of drinking water, and yet it is highly polluted by irrigation runoff and inadequately cleaned recycled water around the cities of Dushanbe and Vahdat.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://enrin.grida.no/htmls/tadjik/soe2001/rus/htmls/water/state.htm |title=Tajikistan 2002. The State of the Environment. Water Resources |access-date=2008-04-22 |archive-date=2008-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414064230/http://enrin.grida.no/htmls/tadjik/soe2001/rus/htmls/water/state.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For part of its course, it forms the [[Tajikistan–Uzbekistan border|border between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan]]. Its main tributaries are the [[Varzob (river)|Varzob]] and [[Khanaka (river)|Khanaka]] from the right, and the [[Elok (river)|Elok]] from the right.<ref name=bse/>

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==External links== * [http://www.bookrags.com/history/worldhistory/kafirnigan-river-ema-03/ Kafirnigan River]

{{List of rivers of Tajikistan}} [[Category:Rivers of Tajikistan]] [[Category:Rivers of Uzbekistan]]