Toshkan River
Appearance
Toshkan | |
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Location | |
Country | Kyrgyzstan, China |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Aksu |
• coordinates | 41°11′15″N 80°05′35″E / 41.1874°N 80.0931°E |
Basin features | |
Progression | Aksu→ Tarim→ Taitema Lake |
The Toshkan (Uyghur: توشقان دەرياسى, romanized: Toshqan deryasi, Kyrgyz: Какшаал, romanized: Kakshaal) is a river in the Tien Shan mountains in the border area between China and Kyrgyzstan. It is 345 kilometres (214 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 8,270 square kilometres (3,190 sq mi) in Kyrgyzstan.[1] The Toshkan has its sources in the mountains south of the Kyrgyzstani city of Naryn. It then flows towards the east and into the Xinjiang province of China. It continues east, running parallel to the Tien Shan mountains, until its confluence with the Aksu River near the city Aksu. The Toshkan is the largest tributary of the Aksu.
References
- ^ "Кыргызстандын Географиясы" [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (PDF) (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014.