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Kökömeren

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Kökömeren (Kyrgyz) is a right tributary of the Naryn located in Chüy Region (Jayyl District) and Naryn Region (Jumgal District) of Kyrgyzstan. It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Suusamyr and Batysh Karakol (Western Karakol). It is 199 kilometres (124 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 10,400 square kilometres (4, 000 sq mi), with an average discharge of 80.3 cubic metres per second (2, 840 cu ft/s). It possesses significant hydro-power potential. In June 2011, China and Kyrgyzstan signed a protocol of intent to begin construction of Kökömeren River chain of power plants in 2012. Whitewater rafting and fishing are popular tourist activities on the Kökömeren.

Flows through: Kyrgyzstan.

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

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