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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 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.
The Syr Darya / ˌ s ɪər ˈ d ɑːr j ə / SEER-DAR-yə, [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] historically known as the Jaxartes (/ dʒ æ k ˈ s ɑːr t iː z / jak-SAR-teez, Ancient Greek: Ἰαξάρτης), is a river in Central Asia. The name, which is Persian, literally means Syr Sea or Syr River.
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.
Amu Darya - Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, ... Largest primary rivers of Asia by discharge: River Average discharge (m 3 /s) at mouth 01 Ganges– Brahmaputra: 45,028.
The Amu Darya carries more water than any other river in Central Asia. The upper course of the Amu Darya, called the Panj River , is 921 kilometres (572 mi) long. The river's name changes at the confluence of the Panj , the Vakhsh, and the Kofarnihon rivers in far southwestern Tajikistan.
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. River
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).