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Iskander Darya

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Iskander Darya (Tajik) is a river in Ayni District of Sughd Region, Tajikistan. The Iskander Darya is 20 kilometres (12 mi) long, and the area of its drainage basin is 950 square kilometres (370 mi2) long. It is the left source river of the Fan Darya. The Iskander Darya has its source in Lake Iskanderkul and flows east. The mouth of Iskander Darya is near the village of Zarafshan II. The river merges with the Yaghnob at an altitude of around 1640 m, forming the Fan Darya.

Flows through: Tajikistan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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