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The Kūnaṛ River (Pashto: د کونړ سيند), also known in its upper reaches as the Mastuj (Pashto: مستوج سين), Chitral (Khowar: کونڑ سين; Urdu: دریائے کونڑ), or Kama River (Khowar: کامې سين), is about 480 kilometres (300 mi) long, located in eastern Afghanistan (Nuristan, Kunar, Nangarhar) and northern Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). It emerges just south of the Broghil Pass, in the upper part of Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa near the Afghan border. The river system is fed by melting glaciers and snow of the Hindu Kush mountains. The Kunar River is a tributary of the Kabul River, which is in turn a tributary of the Indus River.[1]

Kunar
Mastuj, Chitral, Kama
Course of the Kunar
Native nameد کونړ سين  (Pashto)
Location
CountriesAfghanistan and Pakistan
Provinces
  • Nuristan
  • Kunar
  • Nangarhar
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Physical characteristics
SourceHindu Kush Mountains
MouthKabul River
  location
Jalalabad
Length480 km (300 mi)
Basin size26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftShishi River
  rightLotkoh River, Landai Sin River, Pech River

Origin and course of flow


The river rises in the far north glaciated Hindu Kush mountains of Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Downstream as far as the town of Mastuj it is known as the "Mastuj River" from there to its confluence with the Lotkoh River just north of the important regional centre of Chitral.[2] It is then called the "Chitral River", before flowing south into the upper Kunar Valley of Afghanistan. At the confluence in Asadabad, historically Chaga Sarai, it meets with Pech River and finally empties into the Kabul River just to the east of the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. The combined rivers then flow eastwards into Pakistan again, roughly following the Grand Trunk Road through the Khyber Pass, and joining the Indus River at the city of Attock.

Kunar river in the Kunar valley, Afghanistan
Kunar river in the Kunar valley, Afghanistan

History


Before the political division of the area divided the Kunar and Chitral Valley between the modern nation states of Afghanistan and Pakistan, it had formed an important trade route, being the easiest way to travel from the Pamir Mountains' passes to the plains of the Indian subcontinent. While navigable in parts by expert kayakers, etc..., it is more precise to say its valley forms a trade route since, like nearly all of the rivers in Africa and Asia, it is not navigable for commerce or transport.

"At about six miles from Jellalabad, we quitted the valley of the Cabul river, and entered that of the Kama or Kooner river. I have not seen so fine a valley as this anywhere. The Kama is a large rapid stream, with about a mile of rich soil on either side, sometimes considerably more. The villages are large and well peopled." - Major - General Augustus Abbott, mid 19th century [1]


See also



References


  1. The Afghan War, 1838-1842: From the Journal and Correspondence of the Late Major-General Augustus Abbott, editor Charles Rathbone Low, publisher R. Bentley & Son, 1879, Google Books
  2. Pakistan & the Karakoram. Lonely Planet. 2008. p. 233. ISBN 9781741045420.

Further reading



На других языках


[de] Kunar (Fluss)

Der Fluss Kunar (paschtunisch .mw-parser-output .Arab a,.mw-parser-output a bdi.Arab{text-decoration:none!important}.mw-parser-output .Arab{font-size:120%}کونړ سيند Kūnaṛ sīnd), der in Pakistan auch Chitral genannt wird, ist ungefähr 260 km lang (mit Quellflüssen Mastuj und Yarkhun 480 km) und fließt in südwestlicher Richtung vom nordwestlichen Pakistan in das östliche Afghanistan.
- [en] Kunar River

[it] Kunar (fiume)

Il Kunar (in pashtu کونړ سيند, Kūnaṛ sīnd), noto in Pakistan come Chitral, è un fiume lungo circa 260 km (480 km se si contano anche i rami sorgentizi Mastuj e Yarkhun) che scorre prevalentemente in direzione sud-ovest dal Pakistan nord-occidentale all'Afghanistan orientale.

[ru] Кунар (река)

Куна́р[1][2][3] (на тер. Афганистана; пушту کونړ سيند‎) / Читра́л[1][4] (на тер. Пакистана; урду دریائے چترال‎) — трансграничная река, начинающаяся на северо-востоке Пакистана (Хайбер-Пахтунхва) и заканчивающаяся в восточной части Афганистана в провинциях Кунар и Нангархар. Образуется в результате слияния рек Путкух и Мастудж (Битерипари)[5]. Является левым и самым крупным притоком реки Кабул впадающим в него в 5 км ниже города Джелалабад[3].



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