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Oxus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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great river of Central Asia, rises in the Pamirs, and flows W. between Turkestan and Afghanistan, then N. through Turkestan to the Sea of Aral; it is believed at one time to have flowed into the Caspian, and there is record of two changes of course; half its waters are absorbed in irrigating the plains of Khiva.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Oxus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/oxus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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