The Ak-Suu or Aqsu ( ky, Ак-Суу , kk, Ақсу ''Aqsū'', both meaning "white water") is a river running through mostly
Moskva District,
Chüy Region
Chüy Region ( ky, Чүй облусу, Chüy oblusu; russian: Чуйская область, Chuyskaya oblast) is the northernmost region (''oblast'') of the Kyrgyz Republic. This region surrounds the national capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. It ...
,
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 ...
and
Shu District,
Jambyl Region
Jambyl or Zhambyl Region ( kk, Жамбыл облысы, translit=Jambyl oblysy; russian: Жамбылская область, Zhambylskaya oblast), formerly known as Dzhambul Region (russian: Джамбульская область, Dzhambulska ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
It takes its rise on the northern slope of the
Kyrgyz Ala-Too, and it runs through the
Narzan Valley north into the
Chüy Valley and through the city of
Belovodskoye
Belovodskoye (Kyrgyz and russian: Беловодское) is a large village in the Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 23,046 in 2021. It is the administrative seat of Moskva District, and is located on the European route E40 (M39) ...
, which is named after it. It flows into the
Chu
Chu or CHU may refer to:
Chinese history
* Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
* Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu
* Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Ha ...
(left tributary) in southern Kazakhstan.
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Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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References
Rivers of Kyrgyzstan
Rivers of Kazakhstan
International rivers of Asia
Tian Shan
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