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Tar (Kyrgyzstan)
The Tar ( ky, Тар ''Tar'', in its upper course ''Alaykuu'' ky, Алайкуу) is a river in Kara-Kulja District of Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It rises on the north slopes of the Alay Range (Pamir-Alay). At its confluence with the river Kara-Kulja east of Uzgen, the Kara Darya The Kara Darya ( ky, Кара-Дарыя, Kara-Daryya, قارا-دارىيا; uz, Qoradaryo, ''Қорадарё'', قارەدەريا , russian: Карадарья, Karadar'ya - literally ''black river'')''Darya'' means "river", so Kara Darya '' ... is formed. The section of the Tar upstream from the mouth of the Terek is called ''Alaykuu''. The Tar has a length of with a basin area of . It is fed by majorly snow and ice meltwater and springs. Average annual discharge is 45.7 m³/s. The maximum flow is 214 m³/s in June-July and the minimum - 8.9 m³/s in January-February. The river is largely used for irrigation. References See also * Osh Oblast Encyclopedia. Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Sovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's seven million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians. The Kyrgyz language is closely related to other Turkic languages. Kyrgyzstan's history spans a variety of cultures and empires. Although geographically isolated by its highly mountainous terrain, Kyrgyzstan has been at the crossroads of several great civilizations as part of the Silk Road along with other commercial routes. Inhabited by a succession of tribes and clans, Kyrgyzstan has periodically fallen under larger domination. Turkic nomads, who trace their ancestry to many Turkic states. It was first established as the Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate later in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osh Region
Osh Region ( ky, Ош облусу, translit=Osh oblusu; russian: Ошская область, Oshskaya oblast) is a region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh, which is not part of the region. It is bounded by (clockwise) Jalal-Abad Region, Naryn Region, China (Xinjiang), Tajikistan (Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region), Batken Region, and Uzbekistan (Andijan Region, Andijan and Fergana Regions). Its total area is . The resident population of the region was 1,391,649 as of January 2021. The region has a sizeable Uzbeks, Uzbek (28.0% in 2009) minority. Geography Most of the population lives in the flat northern part of the Oblast, on the edge of the Ferghana Valley. The land gradually rises southward to the crest of the Alay Mountains, drops into the Alay Valley and rises to the Trans-Alai Range which forms the border with Tajikistan. In the east, the land rises to the Ferghana Range, roughly parallel to the Naryn bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara-Kulja District
Kara-Kulja ( ky, Кара-Кулжа району, Kara-Kulja rayonu) is a district of Osh Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its resident population was 100,320 in 2021. The administrative seat lies at Kara-Kulja. Population According to the 2009 Census, the ethnic composition (de jure population) of the Kara-Kulja District was 99.9% Kyrgyz and 0.1% other groups. Rural communities and villages In total, Kara-Kulja District contains 55 villages in 12 rural communities ('). The rural communities and villages in Kara-Kulja District are as follows: # Alaykuu (seat: Kök-Art; incl. Kan-Korgon, Say-Talaa, Ara-Bulak, Börü-Tokoy and Jele-Döbö) # Chalma (seat: Tokbay-Talaa; incl. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alay Range
The Alay or Alai Range ( ky, Алай тоо кыркасы; russian: Алайский хребет) is a mountain range that extends from the Tien Shan mountain range in Kyrgyzstan west into Tajikistan. It is part of the Pamir-Alay mountain system. The range runs approximately east to west. Its highest summit is Pik Tandykul (russian: пик Тандыкуль), reaching 5544 m. It forms the southern border of the Fergana Valley, and in the south it falls steeply to the Alay Valley. The southern slopes of the range drain into the Kyzylsuu or |
Kara Darya
The Kara Darya ( ky, Кара-Дарыя, Kara-Daryya, قارا-دارىيا; uz, Qoradaryo, ''Қорадарё'', قارەدەريا , russian: Карадарья, Karadar'ya - literally ''black river'')''Darya'' means "river", so Kara Darya ''River'' is a tautology. is a major river in southern Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan. It is one of the source rivers of the Syr Darya (the second largest river of Central Asia), the other source river is the Naryn. The Kara Darya is formed by the confluence of the rivers Kara-Kulja and Tar. Its length is , and watershed area .Карадарья The upper Kara Darya flows northwest across eastern |
Terek (Tar)
Terek may refer to: Places China * (), a town in Xinjiang, China Kyrgyzstan * Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region *Terek, Kara-Kulja, a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region * Terek Pass, a mountain pass in the Altay Mountains, Kyrgyzstan Russia *Terek Oblast (1860–1920), a former division in the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR *Terek Soviet Republic (1918–1919), a former division of the Russian SFSR * Terek, Russia, several inhabited localities *Terek, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, a town and the administrative center of Tersky District, Kabardino-Balkar Republic Other *Terek (river), a river in Georgia and Russia *FC Terek Grozny, a soccer club in Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia *, a ship which later served as the Imperial Russian Navy auxiliary cruiser ''Terek'' during the Russo-Japanese War See also *Terek Cossacks, a Cossack host on the Terek River *Terek–Kuma Lowland, in the southwestern part of the Caspian Depression *Terek sandpiper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamir-Alay
The Pamir-Alay (also ''Pamiro-Alay'', russian: Памиро-Алай) is a mountain system in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, encompassing four main mountain ranges extending west from the Tian Shan Mountains, and located north of the main range of Pamir. They are variously considered part of the Tian Shan, of the Pamir, or a separate mountain system. The term "Pamiro-Alay" is also used to refer to the mountain region encompassing the Pamir, the Pamir-Alay proper (then referred to as "Gissaro-Alay") and the Tajik Depression.Гиссаро-Алай The Pamir-Alay stretches between the valleys of the rivers |
Kara-Kulja (river)
Kara-Kulja ( ky, Кара-Кулжа, قارا-قۇلجا; russian: Кара-Кульджа, ''Kara-Kul’dzha'') is the center of Kara-Kulja District in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the mountain valley of the river Kara Darya, southeast and upstream from Uzgen. Its population was 15,616 in 2021. Population Climate Kara-Kulja has a hot, dry-summer continental climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ... ''Dsa''). There is more rainfall in winter than in summer. The average annual temperature in Kara-Kulja is . About of precipitation falls annually. References {{Osh-geo-stub Populated places in Osh Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya entsiklopediya'' (or '' Great Russian Encyclopedia'') in an updated and revised form. The GSE claimed to be "the first Marxist–Leninist general-purpose encyclopedia". Origins The idea of the ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' emerged in 1923 on the initiative of Otto Schmidt, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In early 1924 Schmidt worked with a group which included Mikhail Pokrovsky, (rector of the Institute of Red Professors), Nikolai Meshcheryakov (Former head of the Glavit, the State Administration of Publishing Affairs), Valery Bryusov (poet), Veniamin Kagan (mathematician) and Konstantin Kuzminsky to draw up a proposal which was agreed to in April 1924. Also involved was Anatoly Lunacharsky, People's Commissar of Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
