swap_horiz Tejen River Alternatives

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Nile River

The Nile River is a major waterway originating in East Africa and extending over 6,650 kilometers. It’s notable for its...

Historic Africa Irrigation Major

9.75 Brilliant

2

Okavango

The Okavango rises in Angola, crosses Namibia, and carries its waters into Botswana without reaching the ocean. There th...

Biodiversity Africa Delta Botswana

9.75 Brilliant

3

Awash River

The Awash is an endorheic river in Ethiopia roughly 1,200 kilometres long that drains the central highlands and terminat...

Africa Ethiopia Inland Major

7.95 Good

4

Fish River

The Fish River is a major seasonal watercourse flowing through southern Namibia. It is most notable for carving out the...

Canyon Seasonal Africa Namibia

7.70 Good

5

Karun River

The Karun River is a major watercourse in southwestern Iran, extending roughly 950 kilometers in length. It is distingui...

Middle East Iran Hydropower Major

7.55 Good

6

Atbara River

The Atbara River is a major watercourse in northeastern Africa, flowing approximately 1,120 kilometers from its sources...

Nile Seasonal Africa Ethiopia

7.35 Good

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Panj River

The Panj River is a significant waterway in Central Asia that flows for approximately 921 kilometers, forming a natural...

Central Asia Afghanistan Tajikistan Border

7.35 Good

8

Helmand

The Helmand River is the longest river in Afghanistan. It rises in the central Hindu Kush and flows southwest for roughl...

Asia Freshwater Afghanistan Major

7.33 Good

9

Kabul River

The Kabul River is a transboundary river approximately 700 kilometers long, rising in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghan...

Asia Afghanistan Indus Major

7.25 Good

10

Ili River

The Ili River is a transboundary river approximately 1,439 kilometers long, rising in the Tian Shan mountains of China's...

China Kazakhstan Central Asia Major

7.25 Good

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Aras River

The Aras River, also known as the Araxes, is a transboundary river approximately 1,072 kilometers long that flows throug...

Turkey Iran Border Major

7.25 Good

12

Zeravshan River

The Zeravshan River rises in the Zeravshan Range of the Pamir-Alay mountain system in Tajikistan and flows approximately...

Historic Irrigation Uzbekistan Central Asia

7.25 Good

13

Kabul

The Kabul River is a major river of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan and a tributary of the Indus. It rises in the...

Asia Pakistan Afghanistan Indus

7.20 Good

14

Naryn River

The Naryn River is the longest river in Kyrgyzstan, extending approximately 807 kilometers. It flows westward through th...

Central Asia Hydropower Kyrgyzstan Major

7.10 Good

15

Vakhsh River

The Vakhsh River is a major river of Tajikistan and one of the two principal headstreams that form the Amu Darya. Approx...

Central Asia Tajikistan Hydropower Amu Darya

7.05 Good

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Chu River

The Chu River is a major inland waterway in Central Asia, flowing approximately 1,186 kilometers across Kyrgyzstan and s...

Kazakhstan Central Asia Inland Kyrgyzstan

6.75 Fair

17

Murgab River

The Murgab River, also spelled Murghab, rises in Afghanistan and flows westward into Turkmenistan. Its water supports ir...

Central Asia Afghanistan Inland Major

6.50 Fair

18

Amu Darya

The Amu Darya is a major river of Central Asia formed by the meeting of the Panj and Vakhsh rivers. It flows through or...

Asia Uzbekistan Central Asia Aral Sea

5.47 Mediocre

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Syr Darya

The Syr Darya is a major river of Central Asia formed by the confluence of the Naryn and Kara Darya rivers in the Fergan...

Asia Kazakhstan Central Asia Aral Sea

5.29 Mediocre

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Helmand River

The Helmand River is Afghanistan's longest river and one of the principal rivers of the country's southwest. It rises in...

Asia Afghanistan Endorheic

5.01 Mediocre