| Kunhar | |
|---|---|
 Kunhar River, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
 | |
| Native name | دریائے کنہار (Urdu) |
| Location | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Mansehra District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lulusar lake |
| • elevation | 3,950 m (12,960 ft) |
| Mouth | Jhelum River |
• location | Muzaffarabad |
| Length | 177 km (110 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Garhi Habibullah |
| • average | 101 m3/s (3,600 cu ft/s) (from period 1961 to 2000)[1] |
The Kunhar River[2] (Urdu: دریائے کنہار) or River Kunhar, is a 177 kilometres (110 mi) long river, located primarily in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. It is in the Indus River watershed basin.[3][1]
Origin and route
Kunhar is the main river in the Naran Valley.[4] It originates from the Lulusar Lake, near the Babusar Pass at the elevation of 3455m, in the Kaghan Valley.[3][4] Melting snow and natural tributaries are the main source of water for the Kunhar River.[4] It joins Jhelum River at Pattan.[3]
See also
References
- Mahmood, Rashid; Jia, Shaofeng; Babel, Mukand (2016-01-16). "Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Kunhar River Basin, Pakistan". Water. 8 (1): 23. Bibcode:2016Water...8...23M. doi:10.3390/w8010023. ISSN 2073-4441.
- Fahim Zaman (29 Nov 2020). "Death of a River". Dawn.
- Abbasi, Arshad Mehmood; Shah, Munir Hussain; Khan, Mir Ajab (2014-10-15). Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas: Ethnobotanical and Nutraceutical Aspects, Volume 1. Springer. p. 13. ISBN 978-3-319-09543-1.
- Öztürk, Münir; Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Faridah-Hanum, I.; Efe, Recep (2015-05-05). Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems. Springer. pp. 156–163. ISBN 978-3-319-12859-7.
Sources
- Bundschuh, Jochen; A, Mario César Suárez (2010-07-05). Introduction to the Numerical Modeling of Groundwater and Geothermal Systems: Fundamentals of Mass, Energy and Solute Transport in Poroelastic Rocks. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-415-40423-5.