Amu Darya

E43947

river transboundary river

The Amu Darya is one of Central Asia’s largest and most historically significant rivers, flowing from the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains toward the Aral Sea.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Amu Darya canonical	55
Amu Darya River	14
Amu Darya basin	6
Amu Darya drainage basin	1
Amu Darya valley	1
lower Amu Darya	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
basinArea_km2	approximately 534000 ⓘ
borderFunction	formsPartOfBorderBetweenAfghanistanAndTajikistan ⓘ formsPartOfBorderBetweenAfghanistanAndTurkmenistan ⓘ formsPartOfBorderBetweenAfghanistanAndUzbekistan ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ
deltaRegion	Karakalpakstan ⓘ
discharge_m3_per_s	approximately 2000 ⓘ
drainageBasin	Endorheic basin ⓘ
environmentalIssue	reducedFlowToAralSea ⓘ salinizationInDeltaRegion ⓘ waterDiversionForIrrigation ⓘ
flowsAlongBorderOf	Afghanistan ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ
flowsInto	Aral Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough	Tajikistan ⓘ
hasDelta	Amu Darya Delta ⓘ
historicalName	Jayhun ⓘ Oxus River ⓘ
historicalRegion	Khwarezm ⓘ Transoxiana ⓘ
length_km	approximately 2400 ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Nukus ⓘ Termez ⓘ Turkmenabat ⓘ
mouth	Aral Sea ⓘ
partOf	Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
primaryWaterSource	glacial meltwater ⓘ snowmelt ⓘ
region	Hindu Kush ⓘ Pamir Mountains ⓘ surface form: Pamir
significance	historicallyImportantTradeAndCulturalCorridor ⓘ oneOfLargestRiversInCentralAsia ⓘ
sourceRegion	Hindu Kush ⓘ Pamir Mountains ⓘ
tributary	Kunduz River ⓘ Panj River ⓘ Surkhandarya River ⓘ Vakhsh River ⓘ Zeravshan River ⓘ
usedFor	agriculture ⓘ hydropower ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

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

Central Asia → hasMajorRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Turkmenistan → majorRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Tajikistan → majorRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Uzbekistan → majorRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Karakum Desert → hasRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Karakum Desert → borders → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya valley

Pamir Mountains → drainageBasinOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

Kyzylkum Desert → locatedBetween → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya River

Khanate of Khiva → locatedOn → Amu Darya ⓘ

Aral Sea → inflow → Amu Darya ⓘ

South-Central Asia → borderFeature → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya basin

Turkmenabat → locatedOnRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Turkmenabat → riverPortOn → Amu Darya ⓘ

Turkmenabat → borderRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Dashoguz → isOnRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya River

Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system → drainageBasin → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya River

Ai-Khanoum → locatedNear → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya River

Ai-Khanoum → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya River

Alay Mountains → drainageBasin → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya basin

Panj River → partOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya basin

Panj River → headwaterOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

Panj River → mouth → Amu Darya ⓘ

Panj River → tributaryOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

Nukus → locatedInOrNear → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya River

Urgench → locatedOnRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Oxus Treasure → associatedRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Sogdia → locatedBetween → Amu Darya ⓘ

Vakhsh River → mouth → Amu Darya ⓘ

Vakhsh River → tributaryOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

Vakhsh River → flowsInto → Amu Darya ⓘ

Karakum Canal → divertsWaterFrom → Amu Darya ⓘ

Karakum Canal → waterSource → Amu Darya ⓘ

Seyhun → relatedTo → Amu Darya ⓘ

Aral Sea Basin → hasMajorRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Transoxiana → locatedBetween → Amu Darya ⓘ

Transoxiana → majorRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Turkestan desert region → drainageBasinOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

Jayhun → refersTo → Amu Darya ⓘ

Jayhun → historicalNameFor → Amu Darya ⓘ

Jayhun → modernEquivalent → Amu Darya ⓘ

Termez → locatedOn → Amu Darya ⓘ

Termez → locatedOnRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Amu Darya Delta → formedByRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Amu Darya Delta → historicalMouthOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

Khwarezm → locatedOnRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Khwarezm → centeredAround → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: lower Amu Darya

Karakalpakstan → hasMajorRiver → Amu Darya ⓘ

Kunduz River → flowsInto → Amu Darya ⓘ

Kunduz River → partOf → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya basin

Kunduz River → drainageBasin → Amu Darya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amu Darya drainage basin