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Syr Darya

The Syr Darya, historically known as the Jaxartes, is a river in . The name, which is Persian, literally means Syr Sea or Syr River. It originates in the mountains in and eastern , and flows for 2,256.25 kilometres west and north-west through Uzbekistan, Sughd province of , and southern to the of the .
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Dar”yoi Sir”, “Iaxartes”, “Iaxartes River”, “Jaxartes”, “Jaxartes River”, “River Iaxartes”, “River Jaxartes”, “River Sir”, “River Sirr”, “River Syr”, “River Yaxartes”, “Saihun”, “Sihun”, “Sir”, “Sir Daria”, “Sir Darya”, “Sir River”, “Sir-Daria”, “Sîr-daria”, “Sirr”, “Sirr Darya”, “Sirr River”, “Sur-Dar’ya”, “Syr”, “Syr Darya River”, “Syr River”, “Syr-darya”, “Syrdarya”, “Yaxartes”, and “Yaxartes River”

Syr Darya

Latitude
46.09128° or 46° 5′ 29″ north
Longitude
60.92705° or 60° 55′ 37″ east
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
8JR23WRG+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 931662074
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
1518649
Wiki­data ID
Q483159
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Syr Darya” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jaxartes”
  • Afrikaans: “Sirdarja-rivier”
  • Afrikaans: “Sirdarja”
  • Afrikaans: “Syrdarja”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰαξάρτης”
  • Arabic: “سيحون”
  • Arabic: “سير داريا”
  • Arabic: “سيردريا”
  • Arabic: “نهر السير داريا”
  • Arabic: “نهر سيحون”
  • Arabic: “نهر سير داريا”
  • Armenian: “Սիրդարյա”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Sir Daria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sırdərya”
  • Bashkir: “Һырдаръя”
  • Basque: “Sir Daria”
  • Basque: “Syr Daria”
  • Belarusian: “Рака Сырдаря”
  • Belarusian: “Сырдар’я”
  • Bengali: “সির দরিয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “सीर दरिया”
  • Breton: “Syr-Daria”
  • Bulgarian: “Сирдаря”
  • Bulgarian: “Сърдаря”
  • Bulgarian: “Яксарт”
  • Catalan: “Iaxartes”
  • Catalan: “Kang”
  • Catalan: “Riu Syr Darya”
  • Catalan: “Sir Daria”
  • Catalan: “Sir Darià”
  • Catalan: “Sir Dària”
  • Catalan: “Sir Darya”
  • Catalan: “Sirdarià”
  • Catalan: “Syr Daria”
  • Catalan: “Syr Darya”
  • Catalan: “Syr-Daria”
  • Catalan: “Syrdarja”
  • Catalan: “Yaxartes”
  • Cebuano: “Syr Darya”
  • Chinese: “药杀水”
  • Chinese: “錫爾河”
  • Chinese: “锡尔河”
  • Chinese: “阿拉克赛斯河”
  • Chuvash: “Сырдарья”
  • Croatian: “Sir Darja”
  • Croatian: “Sir-Darja”
  • Czech: “Jaxartes”
  • Czech: “Sirdaryo”
  • Czech: “Syrdarja”
  • Danish: “Syr-Darja”
  • Danish: “Syrdarja”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Sirderya”
  • Dutch: “Jaxartes”
  • Dutch: “Sirdarjo”
  • Dutch: “Syr Darja”
  • Dutch: “Syr Darya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيحون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيرداريا”
  • Esperanto: “Sirdarja”
  • Esperanto: “Sirdarjo”
  • Estonian: “Jaxartes”
  • Estonian: “Sõrdarja”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Syr Darya”
  • Finnish: “Jaksartes”
  • Finnish: “Jaxartes”
  • Finnish: “Syr-Darja”
  • Finnish: “Syrdarja”
  • French: “Iaxarte”
  • French: “Jaxartes”
  • French: “Sir daria”
  • French: “Sîr daria”
  • French: “Sir-daria”
  • French: “Sîr-daria”
  • French: “Syr Daria”
  • French: “Syr-Daria”
  • Galician: “Río Sir Daria”
  • Georgian: “სირდარია”
  • German: “Jaxartes”
  • German: “Syr-darja”
  • German: “Syr”
  • German: “Syrdarja”
  • German: “Syrdarya”
  • Greek: “Ιαξάρτης”
  • Greek: “Συρ Ντάρια”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Syria”
  • Hausa: “Syr Darya”
  • Hebrew: “סיר דריה”
  • Hindi: “सिर दरिया”
  • Hungarian: “Szir-darja”
  • Ido: “Syr Darya”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Syr Darya”
  • Indonesian: “Syr Darya”
  • Irish: “Syr Darya”
  • Italian: “Iassarte”
  • Italian: “Iaxartes”
  • Italian: “Jaxartes”
  • Italian: “Sir Daria”
  • Italian: “Syr Darya”
  • Italian: “Syr-Darja”
  • Italian: “Syr-Darya”
  • Italian: “Syrdarja”
  • Japanese: “シル・ダリヤ”
  • Japanese: “シルダリア川”
  • Japanese: “シルダリヤ”
  • Japanese: “シルダリヤ川”
  • Japanese: “シル川”
  • Japanese: “スィル・ダリヤ”
  • Japanese: “スィルダリア川”
  • Japanese: “スィルダリヤ川”
  • Japanese: “スィル川”
  • Japanese: “ヤクサルテス川”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Sırdárya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Сырдарья”
  • Kazakh: “Sırdarïya”
  • Kazakh: “Syrdarīya”
  • Kazakh: “Сырдария өзені”
  • Kazakh: “Сырдария”
  • Kazakh: “سىردارىييا”
  • Korean: “시르 강”
  • Korean: “시르강”
  • Korean: “시르다라 강”
  • Korean: “시르다리야 강”
  • Korean: “시르다리야강”
  • Korean: “씨르다리야 강”
  • Latin: “Iaxartes”
  • Latin: “Jaxartes”
  • Latvian: “Jaksarta”
  • Latvian: “Sajona”
  • Latvian: “Sirdarja”
  • Latvian: “Sirdaryo”
  • Latvian: “Сирдарё”
  • Latvian: “Сырдария”
  • Latvian: “سيردريا”
  • Lithuanian: “Syr Darja”
  • Lithuanian: “Syrdarja”
  • Lombard: “Syr Darja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Syrdarja”
  • Macedonian: “Сир Дарја”
  • Malay: “Sungai Syr Darya”
  • Malay: “Syr Darya”
  • Malayalam: “Jaxartes”
  • Malayalam: “Syr Darya”
  • Malayalam: “സിർ ദര്യ”
  • Malayalam: “സിർ ദാര്യ”
  • Marathi: “सिर दर्या”
  • Marathi: “सीर दर्या”
  • Mazanderani: “سیحون”
  • Mingrelian: “სირდარია”
  • Mongolian: “Сырдарья”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “سير داريا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jaxartes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syr Darja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syr Darya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syr-Darja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syr-Darya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syrdarja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Syrdarya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jakhartes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jaxartes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sirdarjo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sirdaryo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Syr Darja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Syr Darya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Syr-Darja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Syr-Darya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Syrdarja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yaxartes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Сирдарё”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Сырдария”
  • Norwegian: “Syr-Darja”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sirdarià”
  • Ossetian: “Сырдарья”
  • Persian: “رود سیحون”
  • Persian: “سیحون”
  • Persian: “سیر دریا”
  • Persian: “سیردریا”
  • Persian: “گل زریون”
  • Polish: “Jaksartes”
  • Polish: “Syr-daria”
  • Polish: “Syrdaria”
  • Polish: “Syrdarja”
  • Portuguese: “Jaxartes”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Sir Dária”
  • Portuguese: “Sir Dária”
  • Portuguese: “Sir darya”
  • Portuguese: “Syr darya”
  • Pushto: “سیر سیند”
  • Romanian: “Sâr-Daria”
  • Romanian: “Sârdaria”
  • Romanian: “Sir Daria”
  • Romanian: “Sîr Daria”
  • Romanian: “Sîrdaria”
  • Russian: “Syrdar’ya”
  • Russian: “Сейхун”
  • Russian: “Сыр Дарья”
  • Russian: “Сыр-Дарья”
  • Russian: “Сырдарья”
  • Russian: “Яксарт”
  • Scots: “Syr Darya”
  • Serbian: “Sir Darja”
  • Serbian: “Сир Дарја”
  • Serbian: “Сирдарја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jaksart”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sir Darja”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sir-Darja”
  • Slovak: “Syrdarja”
  • Slovenian: “Sir Darja”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سئیحون”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیحون”
  • Spanish: “Iaxartes”
  • Spanish: “Jaxartes”
  • Spanish: “Orexartes”
  • Spanish: “Rio Sir Daria”
  • Spanish: “Río Sir Daria”
  • Spanish: “Rio Syr Daria”
  • Spanish: “Río Syr Daria”
  • Spanish: “Rio Syr Darya”
  • Spanish: “Río Syr Darya”
  • Spanish: “Sir Daria”
  • Spanish: “Sir Darya”
  • Spanish: “Sir-Daria”
  • Spanish: “Sydarya”
  • Spanish: “Syr Daria”
  • Spanish: “Syr Darya”
  • Spanish: “Syr-Daria”
  • Spanish: “Yaxartes”
  • Swahili: “Syr Darya”
  • Swedish: “Jaxartes”
  • Swedish: “Sir-Darja”
  • Swedish: “Sirdaryo”
  • Swedish: “Syr daria”
  • Swedish: “Syr Darja”
  • Swedish: “Syr Darya”
  • Swedish: “Syr-Daria”
  • Swedish: “Syr-Darja”
  • Swedish: “Syr-Darya”
  • Swedish: “Syrdarja”
  • Swedish: “Syrdarya”
  • Tagalog: “Sir Darya”
  • Tagalog: “Syr Darya”
  • Tajik: “Darjoi Sjr”
  • Tajik: “Сайҳун”
  • Tajik: “Сирдарё”
  • Tamil: “சிர் தாரியா”
  • Tatar: “Сәйхун”
  • Tatar: “Сырдәрья”
  • Thai: “ซีร์ดาร์ยา”
  • Turkish: “Seyhun”
  • Turkish: “Siri Derya”
  • Turkish: “Siriderya”
  • Turkish: “Sır Derya”
  • Ukrainian: “Сир Дар’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Сир-Дар’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Сирдар’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Сирдаря”
  • Ukrainian: “Яксарт”
  • Urdu: “دریائے سیحوں”
  • Urdu: “سیحوں”
  • Urdu: “سیر دریا”
  • Uzbek: “Sirdaryo daryosi”
  • Uzbek: “Sirdaryo”
  • Uzbek: “Сирдарё дарёси”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Sir Daria”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Jaxartes”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Syr Darya”
  • Vietnamese: “Syr Darya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Syr Darya”
  • Welsh: “Afon Jaxartes”
  • Welsh: “Sir Daria”
  • Welsh: “Syr Darya”
  • Western Frisian: “Syr Darja”
  • Western Panjabi: “سر دریا”
  • Wu Chinese: “锡尔河”
  • Yakut: “Сырдарья”
  • Yue Chinese: “錫爾河”
  • “सीर दरिया”

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