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Chirchiq River

Also known as Chirchik River

The Chirchiq is a river in Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan, a right tributary of the Syr Darya, about 155 kilometres long. It is formed by the Pskem and Chatkal rivers, which meet in the Charvak reservoir in the western Tian Shan. Canals drawn from it have irrigated the Tashkent oasis since ancient times, making possible the city and its farmland.

Chirchiq River — Image: Carpodacus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chirchiq River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chirchiq-river
MLA: “Chirchiq River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chirchiq-river. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Chirchiq River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chirchiq-river.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Chirchiq River’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chirchiq-river (Accessed: ).

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