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International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD)
Special Issue on Innovative Development of Modern Research
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Water Sources of the Southern Fergana

Landscape and their Role in Recreation

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Nazarov H. Yo , Xusanov Sh , Shokiraliyeva Sh
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1 Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Economics of KSPI, Uzbekistan
2 Student Majoring in Geography and Economics of KSPI, Uzbekistan

ABSTRACT Quvasoy is Besholshisoy in the region. It is called
This article provides information on water sources in the Yazyovonsoy.
Southern Fergana landscape and their role in recreation.
42 % of the Isfayramsay basin is covered with limestone,
27% with shale and 23% with granodiorite. In the middle
Rivers, lakes and groundwater make up the water resources
and upper reaches, forest-shrubs and meadows occupy 23%
of the region. The foothills and plains of the region belong to of the basin.
the area that hydrologically consumes and evaporates water,
and the mountains to the south of it from the surface and It is the second largest glacier in the Isfayram river basin
groundwater runoff. after the Sokh river. Its basin consists of 72 glaciers with a
total length of 109 km, with an area of 134 sq. Km. or 6
The Syrdarya is a transit river that begins and flows out of percent of the basin. The glaciers in this basin are located
the region. Its left bank to the middle stream flows at a 500-600 m above the Sokh basin, and their lower parts are
certain distance to the Kayrakkum Reservoir, creating
covered with moraines. The abundance of small lakes and
recreational landscapes in the region. moraines around the glaciers is one of the important
The main rivers flowing into the region are the Sokh, recreational landscape features of this river basin. There are
Isfayram and Isfara rivers, which are actively involved in the 26 lakes in the basin, with a total area of 1.6 sq. km.
formation of recreational landscape complexes. Some of
The Isfara River starts from the Shirov Glacier on the
them start in the Alay Mountains (Isfayram, Shohimardon), northern slope of the Turkestan ridge. It rises 78 km
while Isfara is a fast-flowing mountain river that starts from southeast of Konibodom to the plain part of the valley,
the Turkestan ridge. As they emerge from the mountains, the forming its own conical distribution.
water of these rivers divides and spreads into irrigation
canals and ditches, none of which reaches the Syrdarya. 52 % of the river basin is covered with shales and
sandstones, 28% with limestones and 12% with
One of the rivers abounding with water in southern Fergana granodiorites. Forty percent of the basin is thickly covered
is the Sokh. It starts from the Matchokh mountain node,
with vegetation. In the upper reaches of the basin, there are
which is separated from the Alay, Turkestan and Zarafshan 34 glaciers with a length of 102 km, with a total area of 88.7
mountains, by a glacier at an altitude of 5549 m. It flows sq km, or 5.8% of the basin. The glaciers here are 170 m
through a deep and narrow ravine in the upper reaches of
higher than the glaciers in the Sokh Basin.
the Sokh River. Here the average depth of the river valley is
1190 m, and the average slope of the slopes is 27 degrees. The Shokhimardonsoy is formed by the confluence of the
Such a gorge-like depth of the valley not only creates a Aksu and Koksuv rivers near the village of Shokhimardon,
unique landscape, but also helps to draw and collect the starting from the northern slopes of the Aloy ridge. It is
surrounding groundwater. As the river rises to the hillside, divided into Margilansay, Oltiariqsay and Fayziobodsay in
the river valley widens. Finally, near the village of the village of Vodil.
Sarikkurgan, the river rises to the plain and forms a classic 46% of the basin area is covered with limestone, 15% with
conical spread with a width of 70 km and a length of 50 km.
shale, 11% with granidiorites and 17% with current
The basin is 66 percent shale, 20 percent limestone, 7
deposits. Shrubs, forests and pastures cover 40% of the
percent granodiorite, and 7 percent conglomerate, basin. At the headwaters of the Shokhimardonsoy are 20
sandstone, clay, and gravel. There are many glaciers in the
glaciers with a total length of 41.5 km, which occupy 52.6 sq
Sokh river basin and they are located at a much lower level
km or 3.7% of the basin area.
(2650-4400 m). There are 99 glaciers with a total length of
211 km and an area of 170 sq. Km in the upper reaches of the According to the V. L. Schultz classification, these rivers,
river, but according to new data, the number of these glaciers which belong to the type saturated with ice-snow water,
has decreased significantly. These glaciers cover 6.9% of the have a flow regime typical of this type of rivers. The
river basin. Sariqkurgan water distributor, Oqchi maximum watering period in these rivers is July-August, and
hydroelectric power station and a water distributor have the lowest flow is March-April; Between July and September,
been built at its foot. Each of these waterworks is a unique more than 40 percent of the annual flow is in the Sokh and
spectacle of the recreational landscape. Sokh provides water Isfara rivers.
to the arable lands of the Dukhan oasis districts The Isfayram Due to the height of the catchment areas and the saturation
River begins with small glaciers on the northern slope of the
of perennial snow and ice water, the amount of water
Alay River. Near the village of Uchkurgan, the river water is
flowing in these rivers varies little from year to year. This is
distributed to irrigation canals. Near the village of Polmon,
because the amount of runoff generated by the melting of ice
the Quvasoy canal receives water from it. The main river of
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