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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Syr Darya

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

Along with repairs to existing dikes around the basin to prevent spillage, an eight-mile dam was constructed just south of the Syr Darya River.

From National Geographic ● Mar. 16, 2018

The Syr Darya then was as far off from her frontier as the Oxus is now.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger