AMU DARYA BASIN
The greater Amu Darya basin
The Amu Darya basin: hydrographic limits Aral Sea
Aral Sea
KAZAKHSTAN
Bishkek Tashkent
KYRGYZSTAN
UZBEKISTAN TAJIKISTAN
Ashgabat
CHINA
Dushanbe
TURKMENISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
IRAN
Kabul PAKISTAN
Sources: Amu Darya basin network, SIC ICWC, UNECE Assessment of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes
Water resources of the Aral Sea basin
spian Sea
5
Sources: “BWO Amu Darya”, Central Asia Regional Water Information Database (www.cawater-info.net)
Aralsk Northern Aral Sea (38)
Lake Balkhash
Ili
K A Z A K H S T A N Southern Aral Sea seasonal lake
Ar a l K u m Muynak
KAZ 10
rD Sy a
1
Planned collector
UZBEKISTAN
Tashkent
Aydar Lake
Zar a
1.5
Am
uD
0.9
Karakum Canal 11
KYR 0.1 0.3
ary
a
0.2
0.5
4
5.6
Murgab
R
A
N
Prospective expansion of irrigation
C H I N A
sh
h Vak
TAJIKISTAN 0.6
1.5
20.2
33.3
Tejen
I
Kafarnigan TJK 6.6
Dushanbe
Surhandarya Karshi 4.19 UZB 1.4 Sherabad
Ashgabat
2
fsh an
Amu-Bukhara 5.2 Kashkadarya 5.3 1.2
Great Turkmen Collector (under construction)
TJK 2
nj
T U R K M E N I S T A N
1 UZB 10
KYR 3 4 Kara Darya Rivers of Ferghana Valley: 8
Average river flow and water intake by canals (km3/year)
Kokcha
UZB 5.3
15
UZB 10
9
(37) Lebap 3.9
Naryn
Ahangaran
Pa
l Go az og aB Kar
Horezm 4.4 (UZB) Dashoguz Collector (under construction)
Rivers of Northern Afghanistan: 6.1
70 Water discharge 30 (km3/year) 10 5
A F G H A N I S T A N
Mountain regions above 2000 metres
duz
Kun
Hari Rud 250
500
750
Irrigated lands
Kabul
Drainage and irrigation runoff Re-use of drainage
1000 km
Map produced by Zoï Environment Network, December 2010
Indu
s
Source: water flow and water use data www.cawater-info.net
C
0
Ysik-Kol
KYRGYZSTAN
ChirchikCharvak Dashoguz 6.5
Golden Age Lake (under construction)
Bishkek
y ar
Karakalpakstan 7.9 Sarygamysh Lake
he
b na
15