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Meaning of 阿姆河

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Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
Example Sentences
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We looked out across the river, to the majestic Amu.
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The Aral Sea gets almost all its water from the Amu and Syr rivers.
3
Businessman Roman Abramovich and gal-pal-designer Darya Zhukova enjoy "most famous couple" status.
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Sites under exploration are located in Mary Province, in western and northern Turkmenistan, on the right bank of the Amu Darya, and offshore in the Caspian Sea.
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1960
In the 1960s the former Soviet Union diverted the Syr Darya and Amu Darya for the irrigation of cotton and paddy fields.