Surxondaryo River

Surxondaryo River, also Surkhandarya River, Surxon River, Surkhan River, Surkhan Darya (darya means "river") is a river in Uzbekistan, a right tributary of the Amu Darya.^[1] Length: 175 km., basin: 13,500 sw. km. The Karatag River also flows into this river.

It gives the name to the Surxondaryo Province.

Flora and fauna

The area of the Surkhan Darya, south of the Amu Darya, home to Tugai and Reed forests, had been the richest region in Central Asia for Turanian tigers. This was as there was an abundance of deer and wild boar here, and the region borders Afghanistan, from where tigers would intrude what was then the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.^[1]

References

1 2 Geptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972). Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Vysšaia Škola, Moskva. (In Russian; English translation: Heptner, V.G., Sludskii, A. A., Komarov, A., Komorov, N.; Hoffmann, R. S. (1992). Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea). Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).

Coordinates: 37°12′17″N 67°18′39″E / 37.2047°N 67.3108°E / 37.2047; 67.3108

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[Geptner1972-1] 1 2 Geptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972). Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Vysšaia Škola, Moskva. (In Russian; English translation: Heptner, V.G., Sludskii, A. A., Komarov, A., Komorov, N.; Hoffmann, R. S. (1992). Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea). Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).