The Shohimardonsoy ( uz, Shohimardonsoy, ky, Шаймерден, Shaymerden) is a river in

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

and

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 cou ...

. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Aksuu and Köksuu, that run from the

Alay Range The Alay or Alai Range ( ky, Алай тоо кыркасы; russian: Алайский хребет) is a mountain range that extends from the Tien Shan mountain range in Kyrgyzstan west into Tajikistan. It is part of the Pamir-Alay mountain syste ...

, near the village

Shohimardon Shohimardon (also ''Shakhimardan'', uz, Shohimardon / Шоҳимардон, russian: Шахимардан, Shakhimardan) is a village and a subdivision (rural community) of Fergana District, Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. It is an exclave ...

. Its lower course, between

Vodil Vodil (also spelled as Vuadil, uz, Vodil, russian: Вуадиль) is an urban-type settlement in Fergana Region, Uzbekistan. It is part of Fergana District Fergana is a district of Fergana Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the town Ch ...

and the city

Fergana Fergana ( uz, Fargʻona/Фарғона, ), or Ferghana, is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km fr ...

, is known as ''Margʻilonsoy''. It discharges into the

Great Fergana Canal The Great Fergana Canal (russian: Ферганский канал, tg, Фарғона Канал, uz, Fargʻona Kanali, ar, قناة فرغانة) is an irrigation canal located on the Fergana Valley between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in Central ...

near

Margilan Margilan ( uz, Marg‘ilon/Марғилон, ; russian: Маргилан) is a city (2022 pop. 242,500) in Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Administratively, Margilan is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Yangi Marg ...

. The river is long, and the

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

covers . The main settlements along the river Shohimardonsoy are the cities Margilan, Fergana and

Kadamjay Kadamjay ( ky, Кадамжай; russian: Кадамжай, earlier also Кадамджай) is a city located in Kadamjay District of Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 14,049 in 2021. It is the administrative seat of Kadamjay Distri ...

, and the town Vodil. Its annual average flow rate is .

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Rivers of Kyrgyzstan Rivers of Uzbekistan {{Kyrgyzstan-river-stub