Amu Darya

The Amu Darya (Persian: آمودریا, Āmūdaryā; Arabic: جيحون, Jihôn or Jayhoun; Hebrew: גּוֹזָן, Gozan ), also called Oxus and Amu River, is a major river in Central Asia. It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj. In ancient times, the river was regarded as the boundary between Iran and Turan.^[1]

1. ↑ B. Spuler, ĀMŪ DARYĀ^{[permanent dead link]}, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online ed., 2009