Zeravshan River

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The Zeravshan River is a major Central Asian waterway flowing through Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, historically vital for irrigation and the development of cities along the Silk Road.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Zeravshan River canonical 4
Zarafshan River 2
Zarafshan River (historically) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
approximateLength 877 km ⓘ
about 540 miles ⓘ
associatedWith Bukhara oasis ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara Region

Samarkand oasis ⓘ
linked to: Samarkand
basinCountry Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
cityOnRiver Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Samarkand ⓘ
climateZone arid and semi-arid ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
countrySubdivision Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara Region

Samarkand Region of Uzbekistan ⓘ
linked to: Samarkand Region

Sughd Region of Tajikistan ⓘ
linked to: Sughd Region
ecosystemType riverine oasis system ⓘ
flowsDirection generally westward ⓘ
flowsThrough Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance linked to historic Persian and Central Asian civilizations ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance supports irrigated agriculture in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ⓘ
hasValley Zeravshan Valley ⓘ
historicalImportance Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
historicalRegion Transoxiana ⓘ
historicalRole supported development of Silk Road cities ⓘ
supported oasis agriculture ⓘ
importance major waterway in Central Asia ⓘ
languageOfName Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
mouthLocation Uzbekistan ⓘ
nameMeaning “gold‑strew” or “spreader of gold” ⓘ
partOf Amu Darya basin (historically, via distributaries and irrigation canals) ⓘ
linked to: Amu Darya Delta
primaryWaterSource glacial meltwater ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
region Bukhara Region ⓘ
Samarkand Region ⓘ
Sughd Region ⓘ
sourceLocation Tajikistan ⓘ
sourceMountainRange Zeravshan Range ⓘ
sourceRegion Pamir-Alay mountains ⓘ
terminatesIn desert areas of Uzbekistan ⓘ
tributaryOf no longer directly reaches Amu Darya due to irrigation withdrawals ⓘ
usedFor irrigation ⓘ
waterUse agriculture ⓘ
domestic water supply ⓘ
industry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Amu Darya → tributary → Zeravshan River ⓘ
Bukhara → river → Zarafshan River ⓘ
subject linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
linked to: Zeravshan River
Samarkand → locatedIn → Zarafshan River valley ⓘ
linked to: Zeravshan River
Navoi → locatedOnRiver → Zarafshan River ⓘ
linked to: Zeravshan River
Oxus River → majorTributary → Zarafshan River (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Zeravshan River
Sughd Region → traversedBy → Zeravshan River ⓘ
Bukhara Oasis → liesInBasinOf → Zeravshan River ⓘ