Chitral River
| Chitral River Kunar | |
|---|---|
Course of the Chitral River | |
| Location | |
| Countries | Pakistan and Afghanistan |
| Provinces | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) (Afghanistan) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Hindu Kush Mountains in Chitral |
| Mouth | Kabul River |
• location | Jalalabad |
| Length | 480 km (300 mi) |
| Basin size | 26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Shishi River |
| • right | Lotkoh River, Landai Sin River, Pech River |
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The Chitral River, also known in Afghanistan as the Kunar River, is a 480 kilometres (300 mi) long river in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. It originates from the Chiantar glacier, located at the border of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral in Pakistan. At Arandu it enters into Afghanistan, where it is called the Kunar River. It later merges with Kabul river in Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. The river system is fed by melting glaciers and snow of the Hindu Kush mountains. The Chitral River serves as a major tributary of the Kabul river, which is in turn a tributary of the Indus River in Pakistan.