Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former ...

, an aryk (

Turkic Turkic may refer to: * anything related to the country of Turkey * Turkic languages, a language family of at least thirty-five documented languages ** Turkic alphabets (disambiguation) ** Turkish language, the most widely spoken Turkic language * ...

: arıq; ) is a relatively small aqueduct supporting agriculture and providing water to inhabitants of the area. Various aryks still exist and are frequently used, such as that of Tabarja, which has been continuously upgraded and expanded since the 16th century.

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* * * * Irrigation {{CAsia-stub