Karatag River

The Karatag or Qoratagʻ (Diakhandara) is a river of northwestern Tajikistan and eastern Uzbekistan. It flows through Shirkent National Park and flows down the south slopes of the Gissar Range mountain range.[1] Large seismic landslides occur in the river basin and it also contains several glacial lakes.[2][3] It is an inflow to the Surkhandaria River.[4] Zambar River and the Diakhandara River are tributaries, the latter of which meets the Karatag at the Diakhandara Glacier.

References

  1. Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1982). Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 248. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. "Karatag river basin". Orexa.com. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. "Field research of glaciers and glacial lakes located in Karatag, Vakhsh and Zeravshan river basin" (PDF). Meteo. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. Salbu, Brit; Skipperud, Lindis (7 April 2008). Nuclear Risk in Central Asia. Springer. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-4020-8315-0. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

Coordinates: 38°18′45″N 68°00′42″E / 38.3124°N 68.0118°E / 38.3124; 68.0118


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