Kara Darya

Kara Darya is a long and large river in southern Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan. The Kara Darya is one of the Syr Darya's two source rivers, the other being the Naryn. The confluence of the rivers Kara-Kulja and Tar forms the Kara Darya. It has a 177-kilometer length and a watershed area of 30,100 square kilometers.

The upper Kara Darya flows northwest through eastern Osh, parallel to the Fergana Range and southwest of it. A few kilometers west of zgön, it reaches the Fergana Valley and Uzbek territory. It is utilized for irrigation in its lower course in the Fergana Valley. Part of the water from a dam in Kuyganyor (north of Andijan) is diverted into the Great Fergana Canal. The Andijan Reservoir was produced by the Andijan Dam, which was completed in 1973. The Kara Darya has about 200 recognized tributaries, the greatest of which are, from source to mouth:

Kara Kulja (right), Tar (left), Jazy (right), Kurshab (left), Kögart (right), Kara-Üngkür (right), Aravansay (left).

Length: 177 km