Vakhsh River

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The Vakhsh River is a major river in Central Asia that flows through Tajikistan, forming a key part of the Amu Darya basin and supporting extensive hydroelectric power generation and irrigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
cityOnRiver Nurek ⓘ
Vakhsh ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
continent Asia ⓘ
country Tajikistan ⓘ
countryAlongBasin Tajikistan ⓘ
countryBorderRole forms part of the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in some stretches ⓘ
countryHydropowerImportance one of the main hydropower rivers of Tajikistan ⓘ
drainageBasin Aral Sea ⓘ
economicImportance key component of Tajikistan's energy sector ⓘ
environmentalIssue contributes to reduced inflow to the Aral Sea through the Amu Darya ⓘ
flowsInto Amu Darya ⓘ
flowsThrough Tajikistan ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Kyzyl-Suu River ⓘ
Muksu River ⓘ
hasHydropowerDam Baipaza Dam ⓘ
Nurek Dam ⓘ
Rogun Dam ⓘ
Sangtuda 1 Dam ⓘ
Sangtuda 2 Dam ⓘ
hasTributary Bartang River ⓘ
Obikhingou River ⓘ
Surkhob River ⓘ
Yazgulem River ⓘ
historicalName Kyzyl-Suu ⓘ
linked to: Kyzyl-Suu River

Surkhob ⓘ
hydrologicalRole major left tributary of the Amu Darya ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
Tajik ⓘ
locatedIn Tajikistan ⓘ
locatedInDrainageBasin Aral Sea basin ⓘ
majorUse hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
mouth Amu Darya ⓘ
partOf Amu Darya basin ⓘ
linked to: Amu Darya region

Vakhsh River basin ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
region Central Asia ⓘ
roleInIrrigation supplies water to cotton-growing regions downstream via the Amu Darya system ⓘ
sourceRegion Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tian Shan ⓘ
linked to: Tien Shan
tributaryOf Amu Darya ⓘ
waterResourceRole major source of irrigation water in Tajikistan ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tajikistan → majorRiver → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Amu Darya → tributary → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Vakhsh River → cityOnRiver → Vakhsh ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Vakhsh River → partOf → Vakhsh River basin ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Oxus River → majorTributary → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Fedchenko Glacier → feedsRiver → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Takht-i Sangin → locatedIn → Lower Vakhsh Valley ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Kofarnihon River → majorCityOnRiver → Vakhsh ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Pyandzh River → majorTributary → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Pyandzh River → confluenceWith → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Kyzyl-Suu River → headwaterOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Kyzyl-Suu River → tributaryOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Kyzyl-Suu River → mouth → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Kyzyl-Suu River → riverSystem → Vakhsh River system ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Nurek Dam → locatedOnRiver → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Nurek Dam → riverCrossed → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Nurek Dam → usedForIrrigationIn → Vakhsh Valley ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Sangtuda 1 Dam → locatedOnRiver → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Sangtuda 1 Dam → partOf → Vakhsh River cascade ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Sangtuda 1 Dam → waterSource → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob → partOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob → historicalNameOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob → hasMouthIn → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob → partOf → upper Vakhsh River ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Rogun Dam → locatedIn → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Rogun Dam → locatedIn → Vakhsh Valley ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Baipaza Dam → locatedOnRiver → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Baipaza Dam → riverCrossed → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Baipaza Dam → watercourse → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Sangtuda 2 Dam → locatedOnRiver → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Sangtuda 2 Dam → watercourse → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Nurek → locatedOn → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Pyanj River → hasTributary → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Pyanj River → confluenceWith → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob River → mouthOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob River → tributaryOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob River → dischargesInto → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Surkhob River → partOf → Vakhsh River basin ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Tajikistan → majorRiver → Vakhsh River ⓘ
subject linked to: Tajikistan (via Syr Darya)
Muksu River → mouthOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Muksu River → isHeadwaterOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Muksu River → riverSystem → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Obikhingou River → partOf → Vakhsh River basin ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Obikhingou River → tributaryOf → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Obikhingou River → hasMouthIn → Vakhsh River ⓘ
Obikhingou River → contributesTo → Vakhsh River system ⓘ
linked to: Vakhsh River
Amu River → majorTributary → Vakhsh River ⓘ