Oxus (river)

natural · 330 BC – 2100 AD

Oxus fl. (modern Amu Darya river) is a major river of central Asia. It flows from the Pamir Mountains to the Aral Sea.

Coordinates

40.03303, 62.93201

Also known as

Amu Darya (en), Araxes, Baktros, Nehr-i Belḫ (ota), Nehr-i Ceyḥūn (ota), Oxos (grc), Oxus, Āmūdaryā (fa), آمودریا‎ (fa), نهر بلخ (ota), نهر جيحون (ota), Ὤξος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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