Gereshk

Town on the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, Gereshk grew up around a fort on the river's east bank that tradition dates back roughly two thousand years. The fort was taken twice by British forces during the Anglo-Afghan Wars, and local accounts hold that Timur lost a leg there during a siege. The Kajaki Dam upstream and the nearby Gereshk Dam feed irrigation canals that sustain the region's agriculture.

• Population43,588
• Nearest water from center 2.0 km1.2 mi
• Nearest mountain from center 4.9 km3.1 mi