Murghab River

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Murghāb (Persian: مرغاب, meaning Birds River), or Morghāb, also transliterated from Tajiki Мурғоб and Russian Мургаб as Murghob and Murgab, is the name of two distinct rivers in Central Asia:

  • Murghab River (Afghanistan), the river that rises in northwestern Afghanistan and ends in the Kara Kum desert of Turkmenistan
  • Murghab River (Tajikistan), the river that rises in northeastern Afghanistan and flows into Tajikistan, through the Sarez Lak and on to the Bartang river