Kerki

Kerki stands on the left bank of the Amu Darya, where the great river crosses a dry plain. The town was also known as Zamm, a name preserved in accounts of the river's medieval settlements. The Amu Darya links this part of the interior with the lands downstream and with the routes that crossed between Khorasan and Transoxiana. Its valley forms a ribbon of cultivated land amid the surrounding arid country.