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Chong-Kemin

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Chong-Kemin (Kyrgyz) is a river in Kemin District of Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is a right tributary of the Chu in the Boom Gorge. The river originates from glaciers at the junction of the Küngöy and Trans-Ili Alatau ranges and flows in a latitudinal (east–west) direction through the narrow Chng Kemin Valley. It is 116 kilometres (72 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,890 square kilometres (730 sq mi). The river is used for irrigation.

Flows through: Kyrgyzstan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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