Syr Darya
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The Syr Darya, historically known as the Jaxartes, is a river in Central Asia. It originates in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan, and flows for 2,256.25 kilometres west and
Syr Darya at Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Astronaut photograph of the Syr Darya River floodplain
Syr Darya River at Khujand
Amu Darya
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The Amu Darya, historically known as the Oxus, is a major river in Central Asia which flows through Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the H
Syr Darya
…northern remnants of the Aral Sea. It is the northern and eastern of the two main rivers in the endorheic basin of the Aral Sea, the other being the Amu Darya. During the Soviet era, extensive irrigation projects were constructed around both rivers, diverting their water into farmland and causing, during the…
Amu Darya at Nukus, Uzbekistan
Amu Darya delta from space
Afghanistan-Tajikistan bridge over the Amu Darya
Lake Malang, the source of Chelab Stream and by extension, the true source of the Amu Darya (Oxus River), Afghanistan, August 2025