Syr Darya
| Syr Darya (Kazakh: Сырдария Uzbek: Sirdaryo Tajik: Сирдарё) |
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| Jaxartes, Seyhun | |
| River | |
 Syr Darya at Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
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| Name origin: unknown | |
| Countries | Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan |
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| Tributaries | |
| - left | Kara |
| - right | Naryn, Chirciq, Arys, Chu, Sarysu |
| Cities | Khujand, TJ, Tashkent, UZ, Turkestan, KZ, Kyzylorda, KZ, Baikonur, RU |
| Source | Confluence of Naryn and Kara Darya |
| - location | Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan |
| - elevation | 400 m (1,312 ft) |
| - coordinates | 40°54′03″N 71°45′27″E / 40.90083°N 71.75750°E |
| Mouth | North Aral Sea |
| - location | Kazaly, Kazakhstan |
| - elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°09′15″N 60°52′25″E / 46.15417°N 60.87361°ECoordinates: 46°09′15″N 60°52′25″E / 46.15417°N 60.87361°E |
| Length | 2,212 km (1,374 mi) |
| Basin | 402,760 km2 (155,507 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 1,180 m3/s (41,671 cu ft/s) |
 Map of the watershed of Syr Darya. Aral Sea boundaries are c. 1960.
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The Syr Darya/ˌsɪərˈdɑːrjə/ (Kazakh: Сырдария, Sırdarïya, سىردارٸيا; Russian: Сырдарья́, tr. Syrdarjja; IPA: [sɨrdɐˈrʲja]; Persian: Sirdarya سيردريا; Tajik: Сирдарё, Sirdaryo/Sirdarjo; Turkish: Seyhun, Siri Derya; Arabic: سيحون: Seyhun; Uzbek: Sirdaryo/Сирдарё) is a river in Central Asia.
The Syr Darya originates in the Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan and flows for 2,212 kilometres (1,374 mi) west and north-west through Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan to the northern remnants of the Aral Sea. It is the northern and eastern of the two main rivers in the endorrheic basin of the Aral Sea, the other being the Amu Darya. In the Soviet era, extensive irrigation projects were constructed around both rivers, diverting their water into farmland and causing, during the post-Soviet era, the virtual disappearance of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake.
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