Amu River

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The Amu River, historically known as the Oxus, is a major Central Asian river that flows from the Pamir Mountains toward the Aral Sea and has long served as an important cultural and political boundary in the region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Амударья 2
Amu River canonical 1
lower Amu Darya River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amu Darya ⓘ
Oxus ⓘ
linked to: Oxus River
climateZone arid and semi-arid regions ⓘ
countryBasin Afghanistan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 534000 square kilometers ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northwestward ⓘ
flowsThrough Afghanistan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Afghanistan and Tajikistan ⓘ
Afghanistan and Turkmenistan ⓘ
Afghanistan and Uzbekistan ⓘ
hasIssue environmental degradation ⓘ
reduced flow to Aral Sea ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ
historicalBoundaryRole cultural boundary in Central Asia ⓘ
political boundary in Central Asia ⓘ
historicalName Oxus River ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Khorasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan

Transoxiana ⓘ
length approximately 2400 km ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
mainUseSector cotton irrigation ⓘ
majorTributary Kunduz River ⓘ
Panj River ⓘ
Surkhandarya River ⓘ
Vakhsh River ⓘ
mentionedIn Persian historical texts ⓘ
ancient Greek sources ⓘ
mouth Aral Sea ⓘ
partOf Aral Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: Aral Sea Basin
region between Pamir Mountains and Aral Sea ⓘ
relatedTo Aral Sea desiccation ⓘ
separates Karakum Desert from Kyzylkum Desert ⓘ
linked to: Kyzylkum Desert
sourceRegion Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tien Shan ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
waterManagementOrganization Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Oxus River → alsoKnownAs → Amu River ⓘ
Панҷ → являетсяИстоком → Амударья ⓘ
linked to: Amu River
Панҷ → впадаетВ → Амударья ⓘ
linked to: Amu River
Chorasmia → centeredOn → lower Amu Darya River ⓘ
linked to: Amu River