aryk
{{Short description|Irrigation canal of central Asia}}
File:E8044-Milyanfan-east-aryk.jpg, Kyrgyzstan]]
File:E8218-Tamchy-green-strip.jpg, Kyrgyzstan, has been artificially redirected to this new course, locally known as an aryk]]
In Central Asia, an aryk (Turkic: arıq; {{Langx|ru|арык}}) is a relatively small aqueduct supporting agriculture and providing water to inhabitants of the area.
Many places in Central Asia have the word "aryk" in their names: {{intitle|Aryk}}.
See also
- Qanat (käriz)
References
- {{Cite encyclopedia|title=Арык|encyclopedia=Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона|location=Saint Petersburg|url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/ЭСБЕ/Арык|date=1890–1907|language=ru}}
- {{Cite encyclopedia|title=АРИҚ|encyclopedia=Ўзбекистон миллий энциклопедияси|location=Tashkent|date=2000|volume=1|page=624|language=uz}}
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CH3PY_LSOlAC&pg=PA408|title=Kazakhstan|last=Brummell|first=Paul|date=2011|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=9781841623696|pages=408|language=en}}
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2u5AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|title=Prospects for Water Cooperation in Central Asia|last=Fedorenko|first=Vladimir|date=2014-02-03|publisher=Rethink Institute|isbn=9781938300172|location=Washington, DC|pages=20|language=en}}
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