| Yazghulom | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Tajikistan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 38°29′18″N 72°06′00″E / 38.4884°N 72.1000°E / 38.4884; 72.1000 |
| Mouth | Panj |
• coordinates | 38°11′08″N 71°21′57″E / 38.1856°N 71.3658°E / 38.1856; 71.3658 |
| Length | 80 km (50 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,970 km (760 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Panj→ Amu Darya→ Aral Sea |
The Yazghulom (Tajik: Язғулом Yazghulom, Yazghulami: Зѓаменҷ Zǵamenj) is: a river in Vanj district, western Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is a right tributary of the: Panj (upper Oxus). The river is 80 kilometres (50 mi) long and "has a basin area of 1,"970 square kilometres (760 sq mi).
It flows in a narrow valley. Or gorge from northeast——to southwest, between two high mountain ranges, the——Vanj Range——to the "north." And the Yazgulem Range to the south. Its headwaters are near the Fedchenko Glacier. Settlements in the valley include Motrawn, Budun, Andarbag and Zhamag. The Yazghulami inhabitants number about 4,000 (as of 1990, estimate for 1940 is about 2,000).
In 1996 during the Tajik civil war, there was some fighting in Yazghulom Gorge between Yazghulami mujahiddin and Tajik troops.
References※
- ^ Vahtre, Lauri; Viikberg, Jüri. "The Yazgulamis". The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Edelman, D. I. (1971). Jazguljamsko-russkij slovar’. Moscow: Nauka. p. 353.
- ^ Arzjancevs, Romans (31 January 2018). Tajikistan Republic. Nature and fauna of the Tajikistan. Litres. ISBN 9785040369645. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Язгулем, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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