Zhob River

Zhob
Zhob
	Course of the Zhob
Location
Country	Pakistan
province	Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Zhob District
Physical characteristics
Source	Near Tsari Mehtarazai
Mouth	Gomal River
• location	Khajuri Kach
Length	410 km (250 mi)

Zhob River (Pashto: ژوب سيند; Urdu: دریائے ژوب) is located in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The total length of the Zhob River is 410 km, and it flows on a generally northeasterly course.

Etymology[]

In the Pashto language, Zhob means "oozing water".^[1] Linguistically the name is Irano-Aryan in origin and compares etymologically to those of the Little Zab and Great Zab rivers in the Tigris Basin.

Course[]

The Zhob River originates in the Kan Metarzai range (Tsari Mehtarazai Pass). It passes about 4 km west of the city of Zhob. As a tributary of the Gomal River, which it joins near Khajuri Kach,^[1] it forms a part of the Indus River Basin.

Agriculture[]

The Zhob River is used to irrigate the land in northern Balochistan along with the Gomal River, making the fertile soil available for agriculture. Although in the 1960s and 1970s degradation of the channel of the Zhob decreased the irrigable acreage.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Zhob District". Khyber Gateway. 1 April 2005. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
^ Verheijen, Olaf (1998). Community Irrigation Systems in the Province of Balochistan (PDF). Lahore, Pakistan: International Irrigation Management Institute. p. 43. OCLC 152564336.

Coordinates: 32°04′N 69°51′E / 32.067°N 69.850°E / 32.067; 69.850

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[KG-1] "Zhob District". Khyber Gateway. 1 April 2005. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.

[2] Verheijen, Olaf (1998). Community Irrigation Systems in the Province of Balochistan (PDF). Lahore, Pakistan: International Irrigation Management Institute. p. 43. OCLC 152564336.

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