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Chong-Kemin River

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Also known as Great Kemin River, Chong-Kemin

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

5 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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