The Amu Darya - Amudarya ( - Omudaryo or daryoi Omu; - Âmudaryâ; , with darya (
Pahlavi) meaning
sea or a very large
river), is the longest river in
Central Asia.Amu is said to have come from the city of Āmul, now known as
Türkmenabat. It is formed by the junction of the
Vakhsh and
Panj rivers. Many local people refer to the river as Jayhoun (جيحون) which was thought to be a derivative of
Gihon, the biblical name for one of the four rivers of the
Garden of Eden or
paradise. The river is also known by this name to most of the medieval Islamic writers.
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