Murghab River

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The Murghab River is a Central Asian river flowing through Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, historically vital for irrigation and the development of oasis settlements such as the city of Mary.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Murghab River canonical 6
Murghab River basin 2
"Murghab" meaning "Bird River" in Persian 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedCity Mary ⓘ
Khorog ⓘ
surface form: Murgab

Yolöten ⓘ
associatedCivilization Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex ⓘ
surface form: Margiana Archaeological Complex
basinCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
climateZone arid ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
dischargesInto Karakum Desert ⓘ
drainageType endorheic ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Murghab River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Murghab" meaning "Bird River" in Persian
flowsThrough Afghanistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
hasCulturalRole center of historical oasis culture in Margiana ⓘ
hasEconomicRole supports local agriculture-based economy ⓘ
hasHydrologicalRole feeds irrigation canals in Mary oasis ⓘ
hasOasisSettlement Mary ⓘ
Merv oasis ⓘ
historicalImportance development of oasis settlements ⓘ
supporting ancient city of Merv ⓘ
historicalRegion Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Greater Khorasan

Margiana ⓘ
languageOfName Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Turkmen language ⓘ
surface form: Turkmen
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
mouthCountry Turkmenistan ⓘ
mouthLocation Karakum Desert ⓘ
nearbyAncientCity Merv ⓘ
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Gonur Depe ⓘ
Ancient Merv ⓘ
surface form: ancient Merv
partOf Murghab River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murghab River basin
primaryUseInTurkmenistan irrigation ⓘ
region Balkan welaýaty ⓘ
surface form: Balkan region of Turkmenistan

Mary Region ⓘ
sourceLocation Afghanistan ⓘ
sourceRegion central Afghanistan ⓘ
supports cotton cultivation ⓘ
grain cultivation ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
oasis cultivation ⓘ
waterResourceFor Mary Region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary → locatedOn → Murghab River ⓘ
Merv → locatedOn → Murghab River ⓘ
Badghis Province → hasRiver → Murghab River ⓘ
Mary Region → hasRiver → Murghab River ⓘ
Pamir Highway → passesNear → Murghab River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murghab
Murghab River region → namedAfter → Murghab River ⓘ
Murghab River region → riverBasin → Murghab River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murghab River basin
Murghab River → etymologyRelatedTo → Murghab River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Murghab" meaning "Bird River" in Persian
Murghab River → partOf → Murghab River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murghab River basin