Syr Darya

American  

[seer dahr-yuh, sir duh-ryah] / ˈsɪər ˈdɑr jə, ˈsɪr dʌˈrjɑ /

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.

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Syr Darya British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

Known as the Kokaral Dam, the dike cuts across a narrow stretch of the sea, conserving and gathering water from the Syr Darya River.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

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

The water supply to the Aral Sea is mainly from two rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, which carry snow melt from mountainous areas.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

But after the Kokaral Dam was finished, the average salinity dropped from 30 grams to 8 grams per liter, prompting the return of almost two dozen freshwater species through the Syr Darya river.

From National Geographic • Mar. 16, 2018

It receives the Amu Darya or Oxus and the Syr Darya or Jaxartes, and contains a multitude of sturgeon and other fish.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various