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The Logar River (also Lowgar ) is a river of Afghanistan . It gives the name to the Logar Valley and Logar Province . In Maidan Wardak Province where the river originates, it is called Chak River . The Chaki Wardak Dam is built on the river in Chaki Wardak District , Maidan Wardak Province.

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2-720: The Logar River drains a wide tract of country, rising in Maidan Wardak Province in the southern slopes of the Sanglakh Range and receiving tributaries from hills in the Kharwar District , north-east of Ghazni . It joins the Kabul River a few kilometres below the city of Kabul . The fertile and well irrigated Logar Valley, which is watered by its southern tributaries, is about 64 km (40 mi) long by 19 km (12 mi) wide. Lying in

4-462: The vicinity of the capital, the district contributes significantly to its food supply. [REDACTED]   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). " Logar ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 867. This article related to a river in Afghanistan

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