Tejend

Tejend belongs to the country of the Tejen, the river known upstream as the Hari Rud. After flowing north from the Herat valley, it enters the dry plains around Sarakhs, where its waters sustain an oasis amid the surrounding desert. Irrigated fields and settlements have long lined the river, while the road between Nishapur and Merv passed through the Sarakhs oasis to the east.