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Well, you know that yesterday you wrote about two main rivers of the Central Asia region – Amu Darya and Syr Darya, but why not to write about some other rivers or water resources which the Republic of Tajikistan has. Of course, these rivers about which you wrote yesterday are flowing not only through the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan, but also through the territories of other Central Asian countries; for example, Amu Darya runs through the countries such as Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and other great river of Central Asia – Syr Darya – runs through the territory of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Well, both of these rivers flow into the Aral Sea or lake. Well, according to information, the Republic of Tajikistan has about nine hundred rivers having mountain specificity, or simply said, they are heading from the top of Pamir Mountains. Well, maybe it’s worth to write about one river which runs from in southwest part of the Republic of Tajikistan, that is, in the Khatlon Region area. It is the Kyzylsy River whose length amounts to two hundred and thirty kilometres, and, as a matter of fact, this river runs from the northwest part of Khatlon Province in the Republic of Tajikistan to south-west of the region where near the Afghanistan border it flows into the Panj River. So, in my opinion, the Kyzylsu river, maybe, has not a fast water speed, because the southwest areas of the Republic of Tajikistan are rather flat-bottomed lands, only those places located near the Afghanistan border are more elevated, than place where the Kyzylsu River flows into the Panj River. Well, there are also some other important rivers it the Republic of Tajikistan, such as Muksu River which flows through the northern-central part of Tajikistan, i.e. in the Gorno – Badakshan Autonomous Region, and this Muksu river is a tributary or source river of the Vaksh River which flows through the western areas of Tajikistan, from north, the border with Kyrgyzstan, to southwest part of Tajikistan where near the Afghanistan border it flows into the Amy Darya river. So, the Muksu River is a tributary of the Vaksh river. So, there is also one another river – and its name is the Zeravshan River which starts also, of course, in the Republic of Tajikistan territory, in the Pamir Mountains, and flows to western parts of the country towards the border with Uzbekistan. The Zeravshan River crosses the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan turning to northwest part of the country, and then flows into the Amy Darya River in Uzbekistan. So, maybe, it is worth to mention again, that Amy Darya is the most important and the main river in Central Asian Region, with the length of about two thousand and five hundred kilometres, and this river flows into the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan territory. So, probably, today you wrote about some rivers flowing through the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan, such as the Kyzylsu River, Muksu River, Zeravshan River. So, these rivers are tributaries, and two of them, one can say officially, are the source rivers of Amu Darya, the only difference is that the Muksu River flows into the Vaksh River which, of course, is a source river of Amy Darya and flows from north, while another river – the Zeravshan River, also a tributary of Amu Darya, flows or enters into Amu Darya, but only in the Republic of Uzbekistan territory, near the Aral Sea. So, only one of those three rivers you wrote about today, i.e., the Kyzylsu River flows into the Panj River near the Afghanistan border in the western part of the Republic of Tajikistan, and it is, of course, the Khatlon Province. Looking at some pictures of areas where the Zeravshan River flows, for example, in Ayni District which officially belongs to the Sughd Province of Tajikistan, thus in areas of the north part of Tajikistan, one can say that the Zeravshan River area or, maybe one must say, its basin is not so large, so it can be assumed or understood that this river is not so big and its water system area is not quite large. So, there was very interesting to know that Ayni District which officially belongs to the Sughd Region has administrative divisions officially called as jamoats, and this Ayni District consists of eight jamoats.

Well, the second great river in Central Asia is Syr Darya whose length is about 2 200 km flows through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan territories, it starts in Tian Shan Mountains in central part of Kyrgyzstan, and it has two main source rivers which flow into Syr Darya, and they are: the Naryn River with the length of about 806 km, and its other source river is Kara Darya river which flowes into Syr Darya and its length is about 176 km.

Tian Shan Mountains area (Kyrgyzstan), the highest peak: 7 500 m.

Well, as regards to Tian Shan Mountains, they are located in the Kyrgyz Republic, and cover also some parts of China, Mongolia and Uzbekistan. The highest eleveation of these mountains is about 7 600 m above sea level.

Well, that is true that the Republic of Tajikistan has big water resources, such as lakes and rivers, that’s true that lakes cover two percent of the Tajikistan territory, and probably most of them are in the Pamir Mountains. But there are also some nine hundred rivers in the Republic of Tajikistan whose length exceeds ten kilometres. Well, it’s worth to say some words also about tributaries of the Panj River, Vaksh River and Amy Darya River. Well, there is one river, called Kyzylsu which is a source river of the Panj River. Kyzylsu River flows into the Panj River, in southwestern Tajikistan, near the Afghanistan border. Another source river – Muksu River flows into the Vaksh River, the river which flows after that into the Panj River. So that the third source river about which you read today is the Zeravshan River which flows through the northwest part of the Republic of Tajikistan, through the Sughd Region, Ayni District, then crosses the border with Uzbekistan, running through Uzbekistan territory north-westwards into the Amu Darya River near the Aral Sea.

Kyzylsu River – flows into the Panj River.

Muksu River – flows into the Vaksh River.

Zeravshan River – flows into the Amu Darya River.