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<p> </p> <p> 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. </p>
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<p> 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. </p>
 
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<ref name="term_77434"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/oxus Oxus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_77434"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/oxus Oxus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 15 October 2021

Oxus [1]

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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