The Amu Darya (also Amudarya, Amudar'ya, in Persian آمودریا; Darya means "Sea" in Persian) is a river in Central Asia. It is navigable for over 1450 km (800 miles). Its total length is 2400 km (1500 miles). In Classical Antiquity, the river was known as the Oxus in Greek. It rises in the Pamir Mountains as the Pamir River, emerging from Zorkul, flowing east until Ishtragh, where it turns north and then east north-west through the Hindu Kush as the Panj, forming the border of Afgh ...

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Manned Maneuvering Unit, Manned Maneuvering Unit - Overview, Manned Maneuvering Unit - History, Manned Maneuvering Unit - Related astronaut propulsion units, Manned Maneuvering Unit - Zip gun, Manned Maneuvering Unit - AMU, Manned Maneuvering Unit - SAFER, Manned Maneuvering Unit - Russian SPK

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The MMU was used on three Shuttle missions in 1984. It was first tested on February 7 during mission STS-41-B by astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert L. Stewart. Two months later during mission STS-41-C, astronauts James van Hoften and George Nelson used the MMU to capture the Solar Maximum mission satellite and to bring it into the orbiter's payload bay for repairs and servicing. Their work increased the lifespan of the satellite. The final MMU mission was STS-51-A, which flew in November of 1984. The propulsion unit was used to re ...

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To help compare different orders of magnitude we list here masses between 6.02 amu and 60.2 amu (10-26 kg and 10-25 kg). See also masses of other orders of magnitude. lighter masses 6.941 amu – atomic mass of lithium 44.955910 amu – atomic mass of scandium 47.867 amu – atomic mass of titanium 51.9961 amu – atomic mass of chromium 54.938049 amu – atomic mass of manganese 58.933200 amu – atom

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To help compare different orders of magnitude we list here masses between 0.602 amu and 6.02 amu (10-27 kg and 10-26 kg). See also masses of other orders of magnitude. lighter masses 1.6605402 × 10-27 kg = 1 atomic mass unit (u) 1.6726231 × 10-27 kg – mass of a proton heavier masses 1 E-27 kg - External link. Conversion Calculator for Units of MASS (& Weight) Category: Including:

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The Hindu Kush, Hindū Kūsh, Hindoo Koosh or Hindukush (هندوکش in Persian) is a mountain range in Afghanistan as well as in Balawaristan (Northern Areas of Pakistan). It is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram Range, and the Himalaya. Hindu Kush - Nomenclature. The name Hindu Kush is usually applied to the whole of the range separating the basins of the Kabul and Helmand Rivers from that of the Amu Darya (or ancient Oxus), or, more specifically, ...

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The Zeravshan or Zarafshan river, whilst smaller and less well-known than the two great rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya (or Oxus) and the Syr Darya (or Jaxartes), is if anything more valuable as a source of irrigation in the region. Its name signifies 'Spreader of Gold' in Persian, and refers to the presence of gold-bearing sands in the upper reaches of the river. Its course runs through present-day Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, from a source on the fringes of the Pamirs, past Penjikent to the legendary cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, which a ...

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Bactria (Bactriana) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush (Caucasus Indicus) and the Amu Darya (Oxus); its capital, Bactra (now Balkh), was located in what is now northern Afghanistan, southern Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. Bactria was bounded on the east by the ancient region of Gandhara in the Indian subcontinent. The Bactrian language is an Iranian language of the Indo-Ir ...

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• Bactria - Cyrus and Alexander
• Bactria - Seleucid Empire
• Bactria - Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
• Bactria - Indo-Greek Kingdom
• Bactria - Contacts with China
• Bactria - Tokharistan
• Bactria - Archaeological sites

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Urgench (Uzbek: Urganch / Урганч) is city (1999 pop. 139,100) in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of the Khorezm Province, on the Amu Darya River and the Shavat canal. The city is situated 450 km west of Bukhara across the Kyzyl Kum Desert. It is located at latitude 41° 32' 60N longitude 60° 37' 60E, at an altitude of 91 meters. The history of the city goes back to the second half of the 18th century. The city should not be confused with the city of Konya-Urgench (also known as "Old Urgench" or "Gurg ...

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Today Balkh is a small town in the Province of Balkh, Afghanistan, about 20 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 miles) south of the Amu Darya, the Oxus River of antiquity, of which a tributary formerly flowed past Balkh. Old Balkh was a city in Khorasan province of Persia. It was located in a Persian-speaking area of eastern Persia. The ancient city of Balkh, the oldest in today's Afghanistan, is associated with the Vedic name Bhakri, which as Bactra gave its name to ...

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The Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (or BMAC, also known as the Oxus civilization) the modern archaeological designation for a Bronze Age culture of Central Asia, dated to ca. 2200–1700 BC, located in present day Turkmenistan, northern Afghanistan, southern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan, centered on the upper Amu Darya (Oxus). Its sites were discovered and named by Victor Sarianidi (1976). Bactria was the Greek name for the area of Bactra (modern Balkh), in what is now northern Afghanistan, an ...

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The Aral Sea (Kazakh: Арал Теңізі) is an endorheic inland sea in Central Asia; it lies between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south. Since the 1960s the Aral Sea has been shrinking, as the rivers that feed it (the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya) were diverted by the Soviet Union for irrigation. The Aral Sea is badly polluted, largely as the result of weapons testing, industrial projects, and fertilizer runoff before the breakup of the Soviet Union. Aral Sea - ...

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Dana International (Hebrew: דנה אינטרנשיונל); (stage name of Sharon Cohen, born Yaron Cohen in Tel Aviv, Israel on February 2, 1972) is an Israeli transsexual pop singer, who won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest for her song "Diva". She became famous everywhere, and she was the first Israeli artist to be interviewed on MTV. She underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1992 in London. Her entry into the contest caused some uproar in Israel where certain religious politicians called for her to be replaced with a more conservative act. Other politicians found her act amus ...

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The economy of the region, formerly heavily dependent on fisheries, is now supported by cotton, rice and melons. Hydroelectric power from a large Soviet-built station on the Amu Darya is also important. The Amu Darya delta was once heavily populated, and supported extensive irrigation based agriculture for thousands of years. Under the Khorezm, the area attained considerable power and prosperity. However, the gradual climate change over the centuries, accelerated by the Aral Sea ecological disaster of the late 20th century has created ...

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Main article: Geography of Tajikistan Tajikistan is landlocked, and is the smallest nation in Central Asia by area. It is covered by mountains of the Pamir range, and more than fifty percent of the country is 3,000 meters (approx. 10,000 feet) above sea level. The Amu Darya and Pyanj rivers mark the border with Afghanistan. About 1% of the country's area is covered by lakes: Kuli Sarez Obanbori Norak Qarokul ShorkulSee also:

Tajikistan, Tajikistan - History, Tajikistan - Politics, Tajikistan - Provinces, Tajikistan - Geography, Tajikistan - Exclaves, Tajikistan - Economy, Tajikistan - Demographics, Tajikistan - Culture, Tajikistan - Miscellaneous topics, Tajikistan - Democracy, Tajikistan - Culture

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The major ecological problem is that diversion of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers for irrigation has shrunk the Aral Sea dramatically; the Aral Sea has been drying up for about 40 years. This has brought about a number of ecological problems for the sea and the surrounding area. Aral Sea - History. The Soviet Union decided in 1918 that the two rivers that fed the Aral Sea, the Amu Darya in the south and the Syr Darya in the northeast, would be diverted to irrigate the desert, in order to grow rice, melo ...

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The principal rivers of Central Asia, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, both flow through Tajikistan, fed by melting snow and glaciers from the mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. There are over 900 rivers in Tajikistan over 10 kilometers in length. The largest rivers of Tajikistan are: Amu Darya / Panj Bartang Gunt Kafirnigan Kyzylsu Muksu Murghab Obihingou Oksu Syr Darya Surkhandarya Vakhsh / Surkhob ...

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Geography of Tajikistan, Geography of Tajikistan - Dimensions and borders, Geography of Tajikistan - Topography and drainage, Geography of Tajikistan - Climate, Geography of Tajikistan - Environmental problems, Geography of Tajikistan - Pamir Mountains, Geography of Tajikistan - Rivers, Geography of Tajikistan - Area and boundaries, Geography of Tajikistan - Resources and land use, Geography of Tajikistan - Sources

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The name Hindu Kush is usually applied to the whole of the range separating the basins of the Kabul and Helmand Rivers from that of the Amu Darya (or ancient Oxus), or, more specifically, to that part of the range to the northwest of Kabul which was called the (Indian) Caucasus by the historians with Alexander. It was also referred to by the Greeks as the "Paropamisos". The origin of the term "Hindu Kush" (and whether it translates as "Hindu Killer") is a point of contention. The earliest known use of this name was by the famou ...

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In 1717, Russian Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky landed and established a secret fortified settlement on this location, where the dry bed of a former mouth of the Amu-Darya River once emptied into the Caspian Sea. His intent was to march an army up this dry riverbed and conquer the Khanate of Khiva. The expedition failed, and the Russians abandoned the settlement for over 150 years. In 1869, the Russians made a second and later attempt. They named their fort Krasnovodsk (Красноводск), which the was Russian version of t ...

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Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - History, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - Economy, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - Sights, Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan - Transportation

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Tosafot - Tosafot of Evreux. Moses of Evreux, one of the most prolific tosafists, furnished glosses to the whole Talmud; they form a distinct group known as the Tosafot of Evreux ( or ). It may be presumed that the "Tosafot of R. Moses" mentioned by Mordecai b. Hillel ("Mordekai," on Sanh., No. 937) are identical with the tosafot just mentioned. According to Joseph Colon (Responsa, No. 52) and Elijah Mizraḥi ("Mayim 'Amuḳḳim," i., No. 37), Moses wrote his glosses on the margin of Isaac Alfasi's "Halakot," probably at the time of the burning of the Talmud.

Tosafot, Tosafot - Meaning of Name, Tosafot - Character, Tosafot - Mostly of French Origin, Tosafot - Schools of Tosafists, Tosafot - Tosafot of Evreux, Tosafot - Tosafot of Touques, Tosafot - Tosafot of Perez ben Elijah's Pupils, Tosafot - Other bodies of tosafot, Tosafot - Tosafists, Tosafot - Bibliography, Tosafot - Reference

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