Yazgulyam River

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Hydrological basins in eastern Tajikistan

The Jasgulem (Russian Язгулем, Мазардара, Обимазар ) is a right tributary of the Panj in the autonomous province of Gorno-Badakhshan in the east of Tajikistan.

The Jasgulem has its origin in the glaciers on the northern slope of the Jasgulem chain. It flows in a southwesterly direction in a deep valley through the Pamir Mountains, and finally empties into the Panj. He separates the Wantsch chain in the north of the Jasgulem range in the south. The Jasgulem has a length of 80 km. The catchment area covers 1970 km ². The mean discharge 6 km above the mouth is 36.2 m³ / s The Jasgulem is essentially fed by meltwater from the glacier. During the summer months of June to September, the river is flooding. Between the end of November and February, the river is covered with ice in the rule.