List of rivers of Turkmenistan
Encyclopedia
This is a list of river
s of Turkmenistan
, arranged geographically by river basin. All of the country's rivers flow into endorheic basins; none drains to an ocean
.
Caspian Sea
Karakum Desert
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
, arranged geographically by river basin. All of the country's rivers flow into endorheic basins; none drains to an ocean
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
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Caspian SeaCaspian SeaThe Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
- Atrek River
- Sumbar (Sari-su)Sumbar RiverThe Sumbar is a fast flowing river in southern Turkmenistan and northern Iran. It a tributary of the Atrek. The name Sari-su means yellow water in Turkic languages, but is applied to a number of other rivers as well.-Geography:The Sumbar is 245 km long and drains a basin of 8300 km²...
- Sumbar (Sari-su)
- Uzboy (extinct)Uzboy RiverThe Uzboy River was a distributary of the Amu Darya which flowed through the northwestern part of the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan until the 18th century, when it abruptly dried up, destroying in the process the Turkmen civilization which had thrived along its banks.Now a dry river channel and a...
- a former distributary of the Amu Darya
Karakum DesertKarakum DesertThe Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum is a desert in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent, or 350,000 km², of the area of Turkmenistan....
- Tejen River (Harirud)
- Morghab River - now flows into the Qaraqum CanalQaraqum CanalThe Qaraqum Canal in Turkmenistan is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world...
- Kushk RiverKushk RiverThe Kushk is a river which, during a portion of its course, forms the boundary between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, and used to form the southernmost border of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union...
- Kashkan River
- Kushk River