Helmand River

The Helmand River (also spelled Helmend, Helmund, Hirmand; Pashto/Persian:   , Greek:  (Etýmandros), Latin: ) is the longest river in Afghanistan. The name means "dammed, having a dam".  Helmand Province is named after the river.

The Helmand river stretches for . It rises in the Hindu Kush mountains,  about  west of Kabul (), passing north of the Unai Pass. It crosses south-west through the desert of Dashti Margo, to the Seistan marshes and the Hamun-i-Helmand lake region around Zabol at the Afghan-Iranian border ().

References


 Frye, Richard N. (1963). The Heritage of Persia. World Publishing company, Cleveland, Ohio. Mentor Book edition, 1966.
 Toynbee, Arnold J. (1961). Between Oxus and Jumna. London. Oxford University Press.
 Vogelsang, W. (1985). "Early historical Arachosia in South-east Afghanistan; Meeting-place between East and West." Iranica antiqua, 20 (1985), pp. 55–99.

Category:Bodies of water of Iran
Category:Rivers of Afghanistan