Karatag
Location
CountryTajikistan, Uzbekistan
Physical characteristics
MouthSurxondaryo
 • coordinates
38°18′45″N 68°00′42″E / 38.3124°N 68.0118°E / 38.3124; 68.0118
Length112 km (70 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSurxondaryo→ Amu Darya→ Aral Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftZambar, Payron

The Karatag or Qaratogh, Qaratoghdaryo (Russian: Каратаг) is a river of northwestern Tajikistan and eastern Uzbekistan. It flows through Shirkent National Park and flows down the south slopes of the Hisar mountain range.[1] At its confluence with the Toʻpolondaryo, the Surxondaryo is formed.[2][3] The river is 112 kilometres (70 mi) long.[2] Large seismic landslides occur in the river basin and it also contains several glacial lakes.[4][5] Upstream from the confluence with the Payron, the Karatag is called Diakhandara. Another tributary is the Zambar.[6] The Diakhandara Glacier, which fed the upper course of the Karatag, has fully melted.[7]

References

  1. ^ Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1982). "Surkhandar'ia". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 248. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Сурхандарья, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Salbu, Brit; Skipperud, Lindis (7 April 2008). Nuclear Risk in Central Asia. Springer. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-4020-8315-0. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Karatag river basin". Orexa.com. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Field research of glaciers and glacial lakes located in Karatag, Vakhsh and Zeravshan river basin" (PDF). Meteo. Retrieved 13 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Makarov, V. Yu. (2010). "11: Rezultaty rabot na Pamire i Pamaro-Alaye". Atlas snezhnogo cheloveka.
  7. ^ "Third National Communication of the Republic of Tajikistan under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" (PDF). 2014. p. 75.

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Rivers of Tajikistan
Rivers of Uzbekistan
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