拜科努尔位于锡尔河畔，靠近咸海，危机四伏。

Baikonur lies by the 16 Syrdarya River, dangerously close to the 17 Aral Sea.

苏联中亚部分一城市，位于锡尔河沿岸，塔什干的南部。

A city of southern Central Asian U. S. S. R. on the Syr Darya River south of Tashkent.

在1960年代，前苏联为了灌溉棉花与稻田，对锡尔河与阿姆河进行了改道。

In the 1960s the former Soviet Union diverted the Syr Darya and Amu Darya for the irrigation of cotton and paddy fields.

而在锡尔河流域，乌兹别克斯坦和哈萨克斯坦资助了吉尔吉斯斯坦，以换取其过剩的电力供给。

and, in the Syr Darya grouping, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan compensate Kyrgyzstan in return for supplies of excess power.