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The Syr Darya is formed by the confluence of the Naryn and Qoradaryo rivers in the eastern Fergana Valley and generally flows northwest until it empties into the Aral Sea. Furthermore, the aforementioned incidents which led to the deployment of Uzbek troops, and to the strong rhetoric of Islam Karimov, suggest that the upstream countries, Uzbekistan in particular, are confident in their strength and would be willing to use force in order to achieve their goals. Princeton University Press, pp.179-180. Between these two, snowmelt is the main component of runoff, where it comprises 76% of total runoff. The Syr Darya (Jaxartes) rises in the Ferghana valley and the Amu Darya (Oxus) rises in Bactria. Similarly, the downstream countries are superior in both airpower and other land forces. that the Amu Darya's course across the Kara-Kum Desert has gone through several major shifts in the past few thousand years. According to Gasparri (2018), approximately 79% of Central Asia’s irrigated water is wasted through leaks and evaporation. [online] World’s Water. Reuters, [online] Available at: [Accessed 11 February 2021]. Sihun, river, c.1,380 mi (2,220 km) long, flowing through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Part of the Amu Darya basin divide in Tajikistan forms that country's border with China (in the east) and Pakistan (to the south). The Amu Darya divided the Persian and Turkish empire. To begin with, Central Asia has significant energy resources, but they are distributed unequally. The American President’s Power to Determine US Foreign Policy, The Geopolitics of Rare-earths Elements and a History of Chinese Dominance in the Market, The Effect of the Nord Stream 2 Project on Transatlantic and Euro-Russian Relations, © Copyright 2020 — Atlas Institute for International Affairs. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. [citation needed], George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman at the Charge, (1973), places Flashman on the Amu Darya and the Arral Sea during the (fictitious) Russian advance on India during The Great Game period. A new era for Uzbekistan. There were two sequels, Escape to Persia and Oxus in Summer. [citation needed]. [online] Available at: [Accessed 11 February 2021]. Syr Darya, river in the Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Central Asia - Wikipedia The founder of the dynasty, Shah Isma'il, adopted the title of "Persian Emperor" Pādišah-ī Īrān, with its implicit notion of an Iranian state stretching from Khorasan as far as Euphrates, and from the Oxus to the southern Territories of the Persian Gulf. L'Amu Darya (anche Amudarja, Amudar'ja, Amu dar'ja, Amudarya, Amudar'ya, in persiano آمودریا , dove Darya vuol dire "mare" e Amu "fiume"; in lingua uzbeka Amudaryo e in tagico Амударё; in pashto آمو سيند, ossia Āmú Sínd) è il fiume più lungo dell'Asia centrale.La sua lunghezza totale è di 2650 chilometri ed è navigabile per oltre 1450 chilometri. [15] The Central Asian republics can be divided into two groups – upstream (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan) and downstream countries (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan). USAID, 2018. [online] Atlantic Council. As a result, water from upstream countries was exchanged for energy provided by the downstream countries. The Amu Darya originates inTajikistan's part ofthe Pamir Mountains, whereas the source of the Syr Darya is in Kyrgyzstan's Tien ShanMountains. Il Syr Darya attraversa il Kazakistan procedendo verso nord-ovest, formando il margine settentrionale del deserto del Kyzylkum. Medieval Arabic and Islamic sources call the river Jayhoun (Arabic: جَـيْـحُـوْن, romanized: Jayḥūn; also Jaihun, Jayhoon, or Dzhaykhun) which is derived from Gihon, the biblical name for one of the four rivers of the Garden of Eden.