The settlement of Dalverzintepa is located in Shurchinsky district of Surkhandarya region, in the fertile valley of Surkhandarya. Its beginning dates back to the III century. BC. E., Flourishing falls on the era of the Kushan Empire (I-IV centuries AD), decline - in the IV-V centuries.
Aral-Paygambar, which means the island of the prophet, is an island on the Amu Darya river which separates Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. The nature reserve was created in 1960 on the island of Aral-Paygambar on the Amu Darya river near Termez.