Oxus (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors:
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Oxus fl. (modern Amu Darya river) is a major river of central Asia. It flows from the Pamir Mountains to the Aral Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59969
40.033033702, 62.9320090836
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of modern Amu Darya main stream (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Amu Darya (English, modern)
- Araxes (330 BC - AD 640)
- Baktros (330 BC - AD 640)
- نهر بلخ (Nehr-i Belḫ: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- نهر جيحون (Nehr-i Ceyḥūn: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ὤξος (Oxos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Oxus (330 BC - AD 640)
- آمودریا (Āmūdaryā: Modern Persian)
- Oxus (river) flows into Aral Sea (unspecified date range)
- Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?) located on Oxus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Bactrus?/Zariaspis? (river) flows into Oxus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Takht-i Sangin located on Oxus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tarmita/Termez connection Oxus (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 A1 Oxus fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Amu Darya Avst.: Vaxšu
M.U. Erdosy, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Oxus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59969> [accessed: 10 December 2025]
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