Muksu River
Sign in to saveThe Mughob (, until 31 July, 2023 muksu) is a west-flowing river in northeastern Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Vakhsh which in turn is a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is long and has a basin area of . It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Seldara (draining the Vanch-Yakh Glacier) and Sauksay (draining the Saukdara Glaciers), near Altyn Mazar. The north side of its valley is the Trans-Alay Range and the south side is formed by the Peter I Range and the Academy of Sciences Range. It joins the Kyzyl-Suu (which drains the Alay Valley) to form the Surkhob or Vakhsh. At Altyn M
Key facts
- River.length_km
- 88
- River.basin_size_km2
- 7070
- River.name
- Mughob
- River.image
- Surkhob.JPG
- River.image_caption
- confluence of the Mughob and the (upper) Kyzyl-Suu rivers
- River.source1
- confluence of Seldara and Sauksay
- River.mouth
- Vakhsh
- River.progression
- Vakhsh→
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Tajikistan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 2700
- Image
- Surkhob.JPG
- Length
- 88
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Vakhsh River
- watershed area
- 7070
- discharge
- 100
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Mughob (, until 31 July, 2023 muksu) is a west-flowing river in northeastern Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Vakhsh which in turn is a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is long and has a basin area of . It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Seldara (draining the Vanch-Yakh Glacier) and Sauksay (draining the Saukdara Glaciers), near Altyn Mazar. The north side of its valley is the Trans-Alay Range and the south side is formed by the Peter I Range and the Academy of Sciences Range. It joins the Kyzyl-Suu (which drains the Alay Valley) to form the Surkhob or Vakhsh. At Altyn Mazar there is a pass leading north to Daroot-Korgon in the Alay Valley.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muksu River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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