Aryk

A large concrete-lined aryk at Milyanfan, Kyrgyzstan

This creek at Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan, has been artificially redirected to a new course, and is locally known as an aryk as well

An aryk (Turkic: arıq; Russian: арык) is a term widely used for a (usually small) irrigation canal throughout Central Asia, where in most areas agriculture is impossible without some measure of artificial irrigation.