Syr Darya

[ seer dahr-yuh; Russian 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. 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) Ancient nameJaxartes

Example Sentences

Right through the desert flow the two rivers, the Syr-darya and Amu-darya.

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In 1847 the Russians founded a fort at the mouth of the Jaxartes or Syr-darya.

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