The Qashqadaryo () or Kashkadarya () is a river in southern

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. The river is long and has a basin area of .Кашкадарья

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in the Qarshi Steppe. By the river is the city of

Qarshi Qarshi ( ; ) is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region. Administratively, Qarshi is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Qashqadaryo. It has a population of 278,300 (2021 estimate). It ...

, the capital of the

Qashqadaryo Region Qashqadaryo Region is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the south-eastern part of the country in the basin of the river Qashqadaryo (river), Qashqadaryo and on the western slopes of the Pamir-Alay mountains. It borders with Tajikistan, ...

, which lies within the basin of the river. The river takes some water from

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via the Eskianhor ('' Эскианхор'')

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and forms the Chimkurgan reservoir.

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