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The Amu Darya (/ ˌ ɑː m uː ˈ d ɑːr j ə / AH-moo DAR-yə), [a] (Persian: آمو دریا) also shortened to Amu and historically known as the Oxus (/ ˈ ɒ k s ə s / OK-səss), [2] [b] is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
Its annual flow is a very modest [1] 37 cubic kilometres (30,000,000 acre⋅ft) per year—half that of its sister river, the Amu Darya. Along its course, the Syr Darya irrigates the most productive agricultural regions in all of Central Asia, together with the towns of Kokand, Khujand, Kyzylorda and Turkestan.
The Kara Darya (Kyrgyz: Кара-Дарыя; Uzbek: Qoradaryo; lit. ' Black River ') is a major river in southern Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan.It is one of the two source rivers of the Syr Darya (the second largest river of Central Asia), the other source being the Naryn.
Afghanistan-Tajikistan bridge over the Amu Darya river in 2007. Amu Darya. Sari Pul River, no longer reaches the Amu Darya; Balkh River, no longer reaches the Amu Darya; Khulm River (formerly Tashkurgan River), no longer reaches the Amu Darya; Kunduz River (or Surkhab River) Khanabad River; Andarab; Bamiyan River; Kokcha River. Anjuman; Panj ...
Known as the Kokaral Dam, the dike cuts across a narrow stretch of the sea, conserving and gathering water from the Syr Darya River. The dike surpassed expectations, leading to an increase of over ...
The Amu Darya is Turkmenistan's largest and heaviest flowing river. One-thousand kilometers of its 1,415-kilometer length flows through Turkmenistan. It is the primary water source for the Karakum Canal. The Murghab River, Turkmenistan's second-largest, is 978 kilometers in length, with 530 kilometers of that in Turkmenistan.
The North Aral Sea (Kazakh: Soltüstık Aral teñızı) is the portion of the former Aral Sea that is fed by the Syr Darya River. It split from the South Aral Sea in 1987–1988 [2] as water levels dropped due to river diversion for agriculture.
The goal was to prioritize the Syr Darya river plain, in order to further protect the wildlife of the area. [1] Additionally the Syr Darya river irrigates many of the agricultural regions in the whole of Central Asia. The area of the park is 120,000 hectares (roughly 296,526 acres).