The Qashqadaryo ( uz, Qashqadaryo) or Kashkadarya (russian: Кашкадарья) is a river in southern
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
. The river is long and has a basin area of .
Кашкадарья
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in the Qarshi Steppe.
By the river is the city of Qarshi
Qarshi ( uz, Qarshi/Қарши, ; fa, نخشب ''Nakhshab'') is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo. It ...
, the capital of the Qashqadaryo Region
Qashqadaryo Region ( uz, Qashqadaryo viloyati, Қашқадарё вилояти, قەشقەدەريا ۋىلايەتى; old spelling ''Kashkadarya Region'', russian: Кашкадарьинская область) is one of the regions of Uzbekist ...
, which lies within the basin of the river.
The river takes some water from Zeravshan River
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via the Eskianhor ('' Эскианхор'') canal
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and forms the Chimkurgan reservoir.
References
Rivers of Uzbekistan
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