Amu Darya

American  

[ah-moo dahr-yuh, uh-moo duh-ryah] / ˈɑ mu ˈdɑr yə, ʌˈmu dʌˈryɑ /

noun

1. a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Pamirs to the Aral Sea. About 1,400 miles (2,250 km) long.

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Amu Darya British  

/ aˈmu darˈja /

noun

1. Ancient name: Oxus.  a river in central Asia, rising in the Pamirs and flowing northwest through the Hindu Kush and across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to its delta in the Aral Sea: forms much of the N border of Afghanistan and is important for irrigation. Length: 2400 km (1500 miles)

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Example Sentences

The Amu Darya river marks the border between the two countries.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

"The Amu Darya oil contract is an important project between China and Afghanistan," China's ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu told a news conference in the capital Kabul.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2023

Another 158 Afghan civilians and soldiers crossed the Amu Darya River to escape Afghanistan.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2021

The road and railroad bridge crosses the silty water of the Amu Darya River, which is fed by glacial melt in the Hindu Kush mountains and prone to seasonal flooding.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2021

Turkmenistan ranked second among the former Soviet   republics in cotton production, mainly in the irrigated western region,   where the huge Karakumskiy Canal taps the Amu Darya.

From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency