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Encyclopedia Britannica



MURGHAB

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 35 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
MURGHAB , a river of Afghanistan, which flows into Russian territory. It rises in the Firozkhoi highlands, the northern scarp of which is defined by the Band-i-
Turkestan
 , and after traversing that
plateau
  from
east
  to west it turns north through deep defiles to
Bala
  Murghab. Beyond this, in the
neighbour
 -hood of Maruchak, it forms for a space the boundary-line between Afghan and Russian
Turkestan
 ; then joining the
Kushk
  river at Pul-i-Khishti (Tash Kupri) it runs north to Merv, losing itself in the sands of the Mery desert after a course of about 450 m., its exact source being unknown. In the neighbourhood of
Bala
  Murghab it is 50 yds. broad and some 3 ft. deep, with a rapid current. In the lower part of its course it is flanked by a remarkable network of canals. The ancient city of Merv, which was on its banks, was the
great
  centre of medieval Arab
trade
 , and Buddhist caves are found in the scarped cliffs of its right bank near Panjdeh.


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