Syr Darya

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river transboundary river

Syr Darya is a major river in Central Asia that flows through countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan before emptying into the remnants of the Aral Sea.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Syr Darya River 2
Jaxartes 1
Jaxartes River 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
averageDischarge_m3_per_s 500 ⓘ
basinArea_km2 782669 ⓘ
borderFunction forms sections of border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan ⓘ
forms sections of border between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
environmentalIssue reduced flow to Aral Sea ⓘ
water over-extraction for irrigation ⓘ
etymology name means "Syr River" or "Syr Sea" in Turkic languages ⓘ
flowsInto Aral Sea ⓘ
flowsThroughCity Khujand ⓘ
Kyzylorda Region ⓘ
surface form: Kyzylorda

Qanlikoʻl ⓘ
flowsThroughRegion Ferghana Valley ⓘ
surface form: Fergana Valley

Kyzylorda Region ⓘ
South Kazakhstan Region ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kara Darya

Naryn River ⓘ
historicalName Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jaxartes

Seyhun ⓘ
Yaxartes ⓘ
historicalRegion Transoxiana ⓘ
languageName_Arabic سيحون ⓘ
languageName_Kazakh Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Сырдария
languageName_Russian Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Сырдарья
languageName_Tajik Сирдарё ⓘ
languageName_Uzbek Sirdaryo ⓘ
length_km 2212 ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
majorUse agriculture ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
mouth Aral Sea ⓘ
partOf Aral Sea Basin ⓘ
passesNear Shymkent ⓘ
Tashkent ⓘ
sourceCountry Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
sourceRegion Tien Shan ⓘ
surface form: Tian Shan
tributary Angren River ⓘ
Arys River ⓘ
Chirchiq River ⓘ
Keles River ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Ferghana Valley → drainageBasin → Syr Darya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syr Darya River
Tien Shan → drainageBasin → Syr Darya ⓘ
Pamir Mountains → drainageBasinOf → Syr Darya ⓘ
Syr Darya → formedByConfluenceOf → Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kara Darya
Central Asia → hasMajorRiver → Syr Darya ⓘ
Syr Darya → historicalName → Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaxartes
Aral Sea → inflow → Syr Darya ⓘ
Syr Darya → languageName_Kazakh → Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Сырдария
Syr Darya → languageName_Russian → Syr Darya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Сырдарья
Kyzylkum Desert → locatedBetween → Syr Darya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syr Darya River
this entity surface form: Jaxartes River
Uzbekistan → majorRiver → Syr Darya ⓘ
Ferghana Valley → river → Syr Darya ⓘ