Surxondaryo River

Surxondaryo River, also Surkhandarya River, Surxon River, Surkhan River, Surkhan Darya is a primary right tributary of the Amu Darya River in Uzbekistan.[1] Length: 175 km (109 mi), basin: 13,500 km2 (5,200 sq mi).

It gives the name to the Surxondaryo Province.

Flora and fauna

The natural habitat in area of the Surxondaryo River consists of tugai and reed forests, where the Caspian tiger occurred and abundant of deer and wild boar.[2]

References

  1. Wang, X.; Luo, Y.; Sun, L.; He, C.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, S. (2016). "Attribution of runoff decline in the Amu Darya River in Central Asia during 1951–2007". Journal of Hydrometeorology. 17 (5): 1543–1560. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0114.1.
  2. Geptner, V. G.; Sludskij, A. A. (1992) [1972]. "Tiger". Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part 2. Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats)]. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. pp. 95–202.

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