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Syr Darya

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Syr Dar·ya  (sîr däry, dr-yä)
A river of central Asia rising in the Tian Shan and flowing about 2,220 km (1,380 mi) generally southwest through eastern Uzbekistan and northern Tajikistan, then flowing generally northwest back through Uzbekistan and south-central Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea.
Syr Darya (Russian) [sir darjˈja]
n
(Placename) a river in central Asia, formed from two headstreams rising in the Tian Shan: flows generally west to the Aral Sea: the longest river in central Asia. Length: (from the source of the Naryn) 2900 km (1800 miles) Ancient name Jaxartes
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The Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, which criss-cross a large part of Central Asia, support most of the agricultural output in the Aral Sea basin and have significant hydropower capacity and potential.
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As a result, the world's fourth largest lake was destroyed and two major rivers, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, that once had combined flows almost matching that of the Nile, have been reduced to a trickle.
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Two rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, fed the lake with some 17,000,000,000 gallons of water each year.
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