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Kara-Suu (Aksy)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Kara-Suu (Kyrgyz) or (Kyrgyz) is a right tributary of the Naryn in Aksy District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. The river originates in the Chatkal Range, western Tian Shan mountains. It flows through the villages Chaldybar and Jangy-Jol. The river discharges into the Naryn north of Tash-Kömür. It is 85 kilometres (53 mi) long, and the average yearly discharge is 41.2 m3/s (1, 450 cu ft/s). The Kara-Suu's peak flow is in May, and the minimum flow in January. The basin area is 2,740 square kilometres (1, 060 sq mi). The main tributaries are Ak-Jol, Turduk, Avletim, and Kojata. The lake is located at 2022 meters above sea level.

Flows through: Kyrgyzstan.

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

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