Amu Darya

American  

[ah-moo dahr-yuh, uh-moo duh-ryah] / ˈɑ mu ˈdɑr jə, ʌˈmu dʌˈrjɑ /

noun

1. a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Pamirs to the Aral Sea. About 1,400 miles (2,250 km) long.

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Amu Darya British  

/ aˈmu darˈja /

noun

1. Ancient name: Oxus.  a river in central Asia, rising in the Pamirs and flowing northwest through the Hindu Kush and across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to its delta in the Aral Sea: forms much of the N border of Afghanistan and is important for irrigation. Length: 2400 km (1500 miles)

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Amu Darya

The Amu Darya river marks the border between the two countries.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

"The Amu Darya oil contract is an important project between China and Afghanistan," China's ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu told a news conference in the capital Kabul.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023

China’s state-owned National Petroleum Corp. suspended oil drilling in the Amu Darya basin because of a delay in the signing of a transit agreement with Uzbekistan to allow crude oil to be trucked to China.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2021

In the early 1960s, the then-Soviet Union diverted the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Rivers for irrigation of one of the driest parts of Asia to produce rice, melons, cereals, and especially cotton.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

Turkmenistan ranked second among the former Soviet     republics in cotton production, mainly in the irrigated western region,     where the huge Karakumskiy Canal taps the Amu Darya.

From The 1992 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency