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River, Central Asia.
It is one of the longest rivers in Central Asia, 1,578 mi (2,540 km) long measured from the remotest sources of the Panj River; its other headstream is the Vakhsh. It flows west-northwest to its mouth on the Aral Sea. It forms part of Afghanistan’s borders with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan and part of Uzbekistan’s border with Turkmenistan.
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One of the longest rivers in Central Asia, the Amu Darya stretches from its headwaters in the eastern Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan to its mouth on the southern shore of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. The river is 1,578 miles (2,540 kilometers) long. Its basin extends for 600 miles (970 kilometers) from north to south and for more than 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) from east to west.
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