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The Amu Darya / ˈɑːmuː ˈdɑːr.jə /, [ a] also called the Amu, the Amo, and historically the Oxus / ˈɒksəs / ( Latin: Ōxus; Greek: Ὦξος, Ôxos ), [ 2] is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
Amu Darya - Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Aral Sea. Amur - Northeastern China, Russia ( Siberia) - Sea of Okhotsk. Angara. Argun River (Asia) Aras -Iran. Badulu Oya - Sri Lanka. Bentara River - Sri Lanka. Bhima River ( maharastra )-India. Buriganga River - Bangladesh.
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. ... Amu Darya (Oxus) [13] ... (Ayeyarwady River ...
The Syr Darya ( / ˌsɪər ˈdɑːr.jə /, Persian pronunciation: [siːɾ dæɾˈjɒː] ), [ a] historically known as the Jaxartes ( / dʒækˈsɑːrtiːz /, Ancient Greek: Ἰαξάρτης ), is a river in Central Asia. The name, which is Persian, literally means Syr Sea or Syr River.
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. The Kara Darya is formed by the confluence of the rivers Kara-Kulja and Tar. [3] Its length is 177 kilometres (110 mi), and watershed area 30,100 square kilometres (11,600 sq mi). [1]
The North Aral Sea ( Kazakh: Солтүстік Арал теңізі, Russian: Северное Аральское море) 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. In 1925 a large site ...
The Arys ( Kazakh: Арыс, Arys) is a river of southern Kazakhstan and a right tributary of the Syr Darya. [1] [2] The river is 378 kilometres (235 mi) long, covering a basin area of 14,900 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi). The river begins in the Talas Alatau ridge, and average water flow is 46.6 cubic metres per second (1,650 cu ft/s).
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.