Tarnak River

Tarnak River
Location
CountryAfghanistan

The Tarnak River is located in Ghazni, Zabul, and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan. The city of Kandahar is located on a plain directly adjacent to the Tarnak.

It rises in Afghanistan's highlands region of Hazarajat, near 33°7′N 67°56′E / 33.117°N 67.933°E / 33.117; 67.933, south of the Lomar Pass. The Tarnak flows in a south-westerly direction for around 350 km before joining the Dori River some 30 km downstream of the Dori-Arghastan confluence, and some 30 km upstream of the Dori-Arghandab confluence, at 31°24′N 65°33′E / 31.400°N 65.550°E / 31.400; 65.550. The combined waters of these rivers join the Helmand at 31°27′N 64°23′E / 31.450°N 64.383°E / 31.450; 64.383, near Lashkargah.