Amu Darya
major river in Central Asia
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Summary
Amu Darya is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,524 views/month, #27 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ghor Province[3]
- Country: Turkmenistan[4], Tajikistan[5], Afghanistan[6], Uzbekistan[7]
- Continent: Asia[8]
- Basin country: Turkmenistan[9], Uzbekistan[10], Tajikistan[11], Afghanistan[12]
- Commons category: Amu Darya[13]
- Mouth of the watercourse: South Aral Sea[14]
- Origin of the watercourse: Pamir River[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Amu Darya[16]
- Tributary: Kunduz River[17], Kofarnihon River[18], Surxondaryo[19], Sherabad River[20], Zeravshan[21], Khulm River[22], Vakhsh River[23], Panj River[24]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Amu Darya Basin[25]
- Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[30], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[34], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Pauly–Wissowa[36]
- Category for people who died here: Q32755284[37]
- Category of associated people: Q32755289[38]
- Length: 2620 km[39]
- Elevation above sea level: 29 m[40]
- Watershed area: 309,000 km²[41]
- Discharge: 1400 cubic metre per second[42]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Amu Darya include Transoxiana[44], a region[45].
Why It Matters
Amu Darya has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for it include Transoxiana[44], a region[45].