The Jazy (Kyrgyz: Жазы, also Яссы Yassy) is the largest right tributary of the Kara Darya in Kyrgyzstan. The river is formed at the south-west slope of the Fergana Range. The river's length is 122 km, and its basin area is 2,620 km2.[1][2] The annual average flow rate is 34.2 m3/s.[1] It flows into the Andijan Reservoir, which is drained by the Kara Darya, west of the town Özgön. It flows along the towns Özgön, Myrza-Ake, Jylandy and Ak-Terek.[1]
| Jazy | |
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| Native name | Жазы (Kyrgyz) |
| Location | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Kara Darya |
• coordinates | 40°46′47″N 73°07′45″E / 40.7797°N 73.1293°E |
| Length | 122 km (76 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,620 km2 (1,010 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 34.2 m3/s (1,210 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kara Darya→ Syr Darya→ North Aral Sea |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Жазы" [Jazy] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 184.
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