Amu Darya
General data
- Water type: River
- Progression: South Aral Sea -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Continental, Arid (desert)
- Continents: Asia
- Countries:
Description
The Amu Darya is a major river in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the Hindu Kush, the Amu Darya is formed by the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers, in the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and flows from there north-westwards into the southern remnants of the Aral Sea.