Murghab River

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geographical feature river

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.

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All labels observed (4)

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

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 ⓘ

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 → hasHydrologicalFeature → 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