Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Syr Darya (also known as Syrdarya or Sirdaryo) is a river in Central Asia. It rises in two headstreams in the Tien Shan mountains in eastern Uzbekistan, it flows for some 2,220 km (1,380 miles) west and north-west through southern Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. The name is a relatively recent one in western writings; prior to the early 20th century, the river was known as the Jaxartes. see also Amu Darya This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.