Oxus River
- Ancient name
- Oxus River
- Modern name
- Amu Darya
- Modern country
- Afghanistan
- Coordinates
- 38.909022, 63.897776
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364091
The Oxus River—now known as the Amu Darya—originates in the Pamir mountains on the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan and flows mostly northwest to the Aral Sea. It is often found paired with the Iaxartes River or Syr Darya on Ptolemaic maps.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M068
Variant spellings of Oxus River in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| osos f[iume] | Bos |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Oxus River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/oxus-river/.