Chong-Kemin River
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The Chong-Kemin () 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 Chоng Kemin Valley.
Key facts
- River.name
- Chong-Kemin
- River.image
- Chon-Kemin.JPG
- River.image_size
- 250
- River.image_caption
- Chong-Kemin seen from Ozerny Pass.
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Kyrgyzstan
- River.subdivision_type3
- Region
- River.subdivision_name3
- Chüy Region
- River.subdivision_type4
- District
- River.subdivision_name4
- Kemin District
- River.length_km
- 116
- River.discharge1_location
- mouth
- River.mouth
- Chu
- River.mouth_location
- Boom Gorge
- River.basin_size_km2
- 1890
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stream
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Located in
- Chuy Region
- Image
- Chon-Kemin.JPG
- Length
- 116
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Chu River
- watershed area
- 1890
- discharge
- 21.7
- Commons category
- Chong-Kemin River
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Hydrology
- Tributaries
- Settlements
- Bibliography
- References
The Chong-Kemin () 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 Chоng Kemin Valley.
It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river is used for irrigation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chong-Kemin River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations