Zeravshan River
Zerafshan River is a river in Central Asia. Its name, "spreader of gold" in Persian, refers to the presence of gold-bearing sands in the upper reaches of the river. To the ancient Greeks it was known as the Polytimetus. It was also formerly known as Sughd River.
It rises at on the fringes of the Pamirs in Tajikistan, flowing due west for some, passing Penjikent before entering Uzbekistan at, where it turns west-to-north-west, flowing past the legendary city of Samarkand, where it feeds the :ru:Даргом |Dargom Canal, which is entirely dependent on the oasis thus created, until it bends left again to the west north of Navoiy and further to the south-west, passing Bukhara before it is lost in the desert beyond the city of Qorako‘l, not quite reaching the Amu Darya, of which it was formerly a tributary.
Tajikistan aims to construct several hydro-electric power stations on Zerafshan River and has signed the MOU in November 2013 with Zarvon Corporation for the financing and construction of the plants. All previous MOU's have been voided.
