The Ysyk-Ata ( ky, Ысык-Ата) is a river in
Ysyk-Ata District
Ysyk-Ata District ( ky, Ысык-Ата району, russian: Ысык–Атинский район) is one of the eight districts of the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan with an area of . The district's resident population was 154,340 in ...
of
Chüy Region of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...
. The river rises on the north slopes of
Kyrgyz Ala-Too and flows in north-north-east and north-east directions until confluence with its right tributary Tuyuk. Then the river flows northward entering the
Chüy Valley. Ysyk-Ata is a left tributary of the
Chu, the major watercourse of the valley. Four lakes with an area of and some 70 glaciers with a total area of are located in the river basin.
Ysyk-Ata - a balneoclimatic resort is located at the river. Ysyk-Ata is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river's annual average flow rate is (near
Yuryevka village)
and weighted average elevation - 3030 m.
References
Rivers of Kyrgyzstan
Chüy Region
Tian Shan
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