Syr Darya

[seer dahr-yuh, sir duh-ryah]

noun

1. a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. 1,300 miles (2,100 km) long.

Syr Darya

/ sir darjˈja /

noun

1. Ancient name: Jaxartes. a river in central Asia, formed from two headstreams rising in the Tian Shan: flows generally west to the Aral Sea: the longest river in central Asia. Length: (from the source of the Naryn) 2900 km (1800 miles)