The Tar ( ky, Тар ''Tar'', in its upper course ''Alaykuu'' ky, Алайкуу) is a river in
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
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of
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 Re ...
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 ...
. It rises on the north slopes of the
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 syste ...
(
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 ...
). 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 .
/ref> 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 Soviet Encyclopedia. Frunze, 1987 (in Russian).
Rivers of Kyrgyzstan
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