Kyzylsu (Panj)

Kyzylsu
Location
Country	Tajikistan
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Panj
• coordinates	37°22′20″N 69°22′53″E / 37.3723°N 69.3815°E / 37.3723; 69.3815Coordinates: 37°22′20″N 69°22′53″E / 37.3723°N 69.3815°E / 37.3723; 69.3815
Length	230 km (140 mi)
Basin size	8,630 km2 (3,330 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Panj→ Amu Darya→ Aral Sea

The Kyzylsu (Russian: Кызылсу) is a river that rises on the southern slopes of the Vakhsh Range in the north-east of Tajikistan's Khatlon Region and runs south-west until joining the Panj on the border with Afghanistan. The river is 230 kilometres (140 mi) long and has a basin area of 8,630 square kilometres (3,330 sq mi).^[1] It merges with the Yakhsu as a major left tributary south of the town of Kulyab. It irrigates the cotton-growing Kyzylsu Valley between Kulyab and Panj in the south-east of Khatlon Province. It is not the Kyzyl-Suu River that rises in Kyrgyzstan and flows through Tajikistan as Surkhob, then Vakhsh, following a course north-west of Kyzylsu.

References[]

• "The Kyzylsu River and Mountains of Southern Tajikistan". Chelys. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2019.