| Karatag | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Surxondaryo |
• coordinates | 38°18′45″N 68°00′42″E / 38.3124°N 68.0118°E |
| Length | 112 km (70 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Surxondaryo→ Amu Darya→ Aral Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Zambar, Payron |
The Karatag or Qaratogh, Qaratoghdaryo (Russian: Каратаг) is a river of northwestern Tajikistan and eastern Uzbekistan. It flows through Shirkent National Park and flows down the south slopes of the Hisar mountain range.[1] At its confluence with the Toʻpolondaryo, the Surxondaryo is formed.[2][3] The river is 112 kilometres (70 mi) long.[2] Large seismic landslides occur in the river basin and it also contains several glacial lakes.[4][5] Upstream from the confluence with the Payron, the Karatag is called Diakhandara. Another tributary is the Zambar.[6] The Diakhandara Glacier, which fed the upper course of the Karatag, has fully melted.[7]
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- ^ a b Сурхандарья, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Salbu, Brit; Skipperud, Lindis (7 April 2008). Nuclear Risk in Central Asia. Springer. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-4020-8315-0. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "Karatag river basin". Orexa.com. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "Field research of glaciers and glacial lakes located in Karatag, Vakhsh and Zeravshan river basin" (PDF). Meteo. Retrieved 13 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Makarov, V. Yu. (2010). "11: Rezultaty rabot na Pamire i Pamaro-Alaye". Atlas snezhnogo cheloveka.
- ^ "Third National Communication of the Republic of Tajikistan under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" (PDF). 2014. p. 75.