Zambar (river)

{{Infobox river | name = | image = | image_caption = | source1 = | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Karatag]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|38.8876|68.3442|region:TJ|display=it}} | progression = [[Karatag]]→ [[Surxondaryo (river)|Surxondaryo]]→ {{RAmu Darya}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Tajikistan]] | length = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = }} The '''Zambar''' ({{langx|ru|Замбар}}) is a river of the [[Gissar Range]] in northern [[Tajikistan]]. It is a left tributary of the [[Karatag]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://alamas.ru/rus/publicat/Makarov_Atlas/VMK23.htm|title=Atlas snezhnogo cheloveka|chapter=11: Rezultaty rabot na Pamire i Pamaro-Alaye|author=Makarov, V. Yu.|year=2010|archive-date=2023-04-09|access-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409140735/http://alamas.ru/rus/publicat/Makarov_Atlas/VMK23.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trekkinginthepamirs.com/p/trekking-info.html|title=Trekking info|publisher=Trekking in the Pamirs.com|access-date=13 May 2012}}</ref> In the upper valley of the river, 2800–3200 metres, there are range of kars and glacial lakes. The mountainside of the valley is said to be "concave with wide bottom and four visible ancient mountain ridges" and the Zambar valley "converges to V-form below with a longitudinal slope greatly rising".<ref name="METEO">{{cite web|url=http://www.meteo.tj/eng/doc/expedition-2006.pdf|title=Field research of glaciers and glacial lakes located in Karatag, Vakhsh and Zeravshan river basin.|publisher=Meteo|access-date=13 May 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The river course is turbulent, with numerous rocky ledges and waterfalls.<ref name="METEO"/>

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[[Category:Rivers of Tajikistan]]

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