Amur Darya

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Widespread throughout the Central Asian desert and plains, tugai lines the shores of Central Asia's largest rivers, the Syr Darya, Amur Darya, Murghab, Tedzhen, Ili, Zeravshan, Vakhsh, and the Naryn rivers.

Central Asian riparian woodlands 2008
The total area of riparian forests along Amur Darya previously was around 500 square kilometers (km2).

Central Asian riparian woodlands 2008
These include the Badai-Tugai Reserve in the lower portion of the Amurdarya River, the Kuzylkum Reserve in the middle portion of the Amur Darya, the Aral-Paigambar (currently a part of the Surkhan Reserve) in the upper portion, and the Zeravshan Reserve in the middle portion of the Zeravshan River.

Central Asian riparian woodlands 2008
Major rivers such as the Amur Darya and Syr Darya are overexploited to the extent that their waters never complete their natural course.

Central Asian riparian woodlands 2008