The Syr Darya river basin is located in the territory of Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.
The
administrative regions of Uzbekistan included in the basin of Syr Darya (click
to zoom in)
The
Syr Darya is formed by the merge of the Naryn and Charadarya rivers in
the eastern part of the Fergana Valley. In the Syr Darya river basin
there are 6 provinces of the Republic of Uzbekistan: Andizhan, Namangan,
Fergana, Tashkent, Dzhizak and Syr Darya.
By its length ( 2137 km) the Syr Darya is the largest river of Central
Asia and by its water area it concedes only to the Amu Darya.
The greatest number of its inflows are in the Fergana Valley. After the
Fergana Valley the large rivers of Angren, Chirchik, Keles and Arys (Kazakhstan)
inflow to the Amy Darya river. The area of the Syr Darya basin makes up
150100 sq. km.