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{{Short description|Irrigation canal of central Asia}}
[[File:E8044-Milyanfan-east-aryk.jpg|thumb|A large concrete-lined aryk at [[Milyanfan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]]]]
[[File:E8218-Tamchy-green-strip.jpg|thumb|A creek at [[Tamchy]], Kyrgyzstan, has been artificially redirected to this new course, locally known as an ''aryk'']]
In [[Central Asia]], an '''aryk''' ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]: arıq; {{Langx|ru|арык}}) is a relatively small [[aqueduct (water supply)|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=[[Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary|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=[[National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan|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}}

[[Category:Irrigation]]

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