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Tar (Kyrgyzstan)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Tar (Kyrgyz: Tar, in its upper course Alaykuu Kyrgyz) is a river in the Kara-Kulja District of the Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It originates on the northern slopes of the Alay Range (Pamir-Alay) and on the southwestern slopes of the Fergana Range. At its confluence with the river Kara-Kulja, east of Uzgen, it forms the Kara Darya. The section of the Tar upstream from the mouth of the Terek river is known as Alaykuu. The Tar is 192 kilometres (119 mi) long and drains a basin of 4,420 square kilometres (1, 710 sq mi).

Flows through: Kyrgyzstan.

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

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