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Apr 29, 2023 · The Lower Amu Darya (Nizhne Amudarya) State Biosphere Reserve was founded in 2011 as a joint project of Karakalpakstan, the United Nations Development Program and the Global Environment Facility “Conservation of tugai forests and strengthening of protected area systems in the Amudarya River Delta in Karakalpakstan.”
The Southern and Northern deltas of the Akcha-dar'ya are the oldest of the three deltas of the Amu-dar'ya river: the Akcha-darya, the Prisar'ikam'ish and the Priaral (Fig. 2). Archaeological ...
This detailed and beautifully rendered Russian map shows the southern shores of the Aral Sea and the other great river of Central Asia, the Amu Darya or Oxus. The map was published in 1873, a watershed year that saw Russian annexation of the Khanate of Khiva (lying along the course of the Amu Darya in the region depicted in the map) as well as ...
Amu Darya. Amu Darya or Amudarya both: ämo͞oˈ däryäˈ, äˈmo͞o därˈyə [ key], river, c.1,600 mi (2,580 km) long, formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Pandj rivers, which rise in the Pamir Mts. of central Asia. It flows generally northwest, marking much of the northern border of Afghanistan with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and ...
Apr 25, 2017 · The Syr Darya basin is estimated to occupy an area of 782,617 square kilometers. Most of the Syr Darya’s tributaries dry up before they reach the river, hence, though the river flows through a long course, its annual flow volume is only 37 cubic kilometers, only half as much as its sister river, the Amu Darya. 4. Historical Role
Amu Darya. One of the longest rivers in Central Asia, the Amu Darya stretches from its headwaters in the eastern Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan to its mouth on the southern shore of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. The river is 1,578 miles (2,540 kilometers) long. Its basin extends for 600 miles (970 kilometers) from north to south and for more than ...
Apr 5, 2023 · With a length of 285 kilometers and a width of some 100 meters, experts believe it could draw a significant portion of the Amu Darya’s flow while irrigating 550,000 hectares of land.
