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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87u_%C3%A7ay%C4%B1" title="Çu çayı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çu çayı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="چو چایی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چو چایی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D3%A9%D0%B9_(%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB%D2%93%D0%B0)" title="Сөй (йылға) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Сөй (йылға)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%83_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Чу (рака) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Чу (рака)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%83_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Чу (река) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чу (река)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txu" title="Txu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Txu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%83_(%D1%8E%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%B2)" title="Чу (юханшыв) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Чу (юханшыв)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_River" title="Chu River – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Chu River" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cu_(%C5%99eka)" title="Ču (řeka) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ču (řeka)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsch%C3%BCi_(Fluss)" title="Tschüi (Fluss) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tschüi (Fluss)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%A1%C3%BCj_j%C3%B5gi" title="Tšüj jõgi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tšüj jõgi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Chu" title="Río Chu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Chu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txu_(ibaia)" title="Txu (ibaia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Txu (ibaia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%DA%86%D9%88" title="رودخانه چو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رودخانه چو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchou_(fleuve)" title="Tchou (fleuve) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tchou (fleuve)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B6%94%EA%B0%95" title="추강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="추강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%B8%D6%82_(%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%BF)" title="Չու (գետ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Չու (գետ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="चुय नदी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="चुय नदी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cu" title="Ču – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ču" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cu" title="Ču – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ču" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%A3_(%E1%83%9B%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94)" title="ჩუ (მდინარე) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩუ (მდინარე)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83_(%D3%A9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD)" title="Шу (өзен) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Шу (өзен)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D2%AF%D0%B9" title="Чүй – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Чүй" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czu" title="Czu – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Czu" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cu_(up%C4%97)" title="Ču (upė) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ču (upė)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csu_(foly%C3%B3)" title="Csu (folyó) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Csu (folyó)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%81_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF" title="ചു നദി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ചു നദി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88" title="نهر تشو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر تشو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsjoej_(rivier)" title="Tsjoej (rivier) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tsjoej (rivier)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A4%E5%B7%9D" title="チュイ川 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="チュイ川" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsju" title="Tsju – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tsju" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsju" title="Tsju – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tsju" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu" title="Chu – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Chu" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czu" title="Czu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Czu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Chu" title="Rio Chu – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Chu" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%83_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Чу (река) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чу (река)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_River" title="Chu River – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Chu River" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cu_(rijeka)" title="Ču (rijeka) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ču (rijeka)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tju_(flod)" title="Tju (flod) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tju (flod)" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">River in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Chui River" and "Chuy River" redirect here. For the river of Anhui, see <a href="/wiki/Chu_River_(Anhui)" title="Chu River (Anhui)">Chu River (Anhui)</a>. For the South American Chuí or Chuy River, on the Brazil-Uruguay border, see <a href="/wiki/Chu%C3%AD_Stream" title="Chuí Stream">Chuí Stream</a>. For the Chu River on the Lao-Vietnam border, see <a href="/wiki/Nam_Sam_River" title="Nam Sam River">Nam Sam River</a>. 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class="infobox-label">Native name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Kazakh-language text"><span lang="kk">Шу</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Kazakh_language" title="Kazakh language">Kazakh</a>)</span></li><li><span title="Kyrgyz-language text"><span lang="ky">Чүй</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_language" title="Kyrgyz language">Kyrgyz</a>)</span></li><li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Чу</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data">Confluence of <a href="/wiki/Joon_Aryk" class="mw-redirect" title="Joon Aryk">Joon Aryk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kochkor_(river)" title="Kochkor (river)">Kochkor</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kochkor_District" title="Kochkor District">Kochkor District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naryn_Region" title="Naryn Region">Naryn Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chu_(river)&params=42_13_15.60_N_75_44_29_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°13′15.60″N</span> <span class="longitude">75°44′29″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.2210000°N 75.74139°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.2210000; 75.74139</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1,802 m (5,912 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ashchykol_Depression" title="Ashchykol Depression">Ashchykol Depression</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Turkistan_Region" title="Turkistan Region">Turkistan Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chu_(river)&params=44_59_N_67_43_E_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°59′N</span> <span class="longitude">67°43′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.983°N 67.717°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.983; 67.717</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">135 m (443 ft)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,067 km (663 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">62,500 km<sup>2</sup> (24,100 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ysyk-Ata" title="Ysyk-Ata">Ysyk-Ata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alam%C3%BCd%C3%BCn_(river)" title="Alamüdün (river)">Alamüdün</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ala-Archa" title="Ala-Archa">Ala-Archa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ak-Suu_(Chu)" title="Ak-Suu (Chu)">Ak-Suu</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chong-Kemin" title="Chong-Kemin">Chong-Kemin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kichi-Kemin_(river)" title="Kichi-Kemin (river)">Kichi-Kemin</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Chu</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a river in northern <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a> and southern <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>. Of its total length of 1,067 kilometres (663 mi),<sup id="cite_ref-bse_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bse-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first 115 kilometres are in Kyrgyzstan, then for 221 kilometres the river serves as the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and the last 731 kilometres are in Kazakhstan. It is one of the longest <a href="/wiki/River" title="River">rivers</a> in Kyrgyzstan and in Kazakhstan. It has a <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> of 62,500 square kilometres (24,100 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-bse_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bse-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%BCy_Region" title="Chüy Region">Chüy Region</a>, the northernmost and most populous administrative region of Kyrgyzstan, is named after the river; so are <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%BCy_Prospekti" title="Chüy Prospekti">Chüy Avenue</a>, the main street of the Kyrgyz capital of <a href="/wiki/Bishkek" title="Bishkek">Bishkek</a> and the city of <a href="/wiki/Shu,_Jambyl" title="Shu, Jambyl">Shu</a> in Kazakhstan's <a href="/wiki/Jambyl_Region" title="Jambyl Region">Jambyl Region</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course">Course</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chu is formed by the confluence of the rivers <a href="/wiki/Joon_Aryk" class="mw-redirect" title="Joon Aryk">Joon Aryk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kochkor_(river)" title="Kochkor (river)">Kochkor</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-bse_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bse-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Kochkor_District" title="Kochkor District">Kochkor District</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Naryn_Region" title="Naryn Region">Naryn Region</a>. After approaching within a few kilometres of Lake <a href="/wiki/Issyk-Kul" title="Issyk-Kul">Issyk-Kul</a> (near <a href="/wiki/Balykchy" title="Balykchy">Balykchy</a>), without either flowing into the lake or draining it, it turns towards the northwest. In the 1950s an old riverbed called Ketmaldy (also Buugan) linked the Chu River and Issyk Kul. During floods part of Chu water would reach the lake, but such outflow has not been seen since the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Orto-Tokoy_Reservoir" title="Orto-Tokoy Reservoir">Orto-Tokoy Reservoir</a>. After passing through the narrow <a href="/wiki/Boom_Gorge" title="Boom Gorge">Boom Gorge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Боомское ущелье</span>, <i>Boomskoye ushchelye</i>), the river enters the comparatively flat <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%BCy_Valley" title="Chüy Valley">Chüy Valley</a>, within which lie the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek and the Kazakh city of <a href="/wiki/Shu,_Jambyl" title="Shu, Jambyl">Shu</a>. Much of the Chu's water is diverted into a network of canals, such as the <a href="/wiki/Great_Ch%C3%BCy_Canal" title="Great Chüy Canal">Great Chüy Canal</a>, to irrigate the fertile black soils of the Chüy Valley for farming, on both the Kyrgyz and Kazakh sides of the river. </p><p>As the Chu flows through the Chüy Valley, it forms the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan for more than a hundred kilometres, but then it leaves <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a> and flows into <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, where it flows at the northern edge of the <a href="/wiki/Moiynkum_Desert" title="Moiynkum Desert">Moiynkum Desert</a>, with lake <a href="/wiki/Kokuydynkol" title="Kokuydynkol">Kokuydynkol</a> close to its channel. In wet years it may reach the <a href="/wiki/Endorheic_lake" title="Endorheic lake">endorheic</a> salt lake <a href="/wiki/Akzhaykyn" title="Akzhaykyn">Akzhaykyn</a>, located among the vast <a href="/wiki/Solonchak" title="Solonchak">solonchaks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ashchykol_Depression" title="Ashchykol Depression">Ashchykol Depression</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-STM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Syrdaryamap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Syrdaryamap.png/220px-Syrdaryamap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Syrdaryamap.png/330px-Syrdaryamap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Syrdaryamap.png/440px-Syrdaryamap.png 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption>Chu River in the Syr Darya basin</figcaption></figure> <p>The area of this river was originally home to the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian</a> <a href="/wiki/Sughd" class="mw-redirect" title="Sughd">Sughds</a> who spoke <a href="/wiki/Soghdian" class="mw-redirect" title="Soghdian">Soghdian</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Iranian_languages" title="Eastern Iranian languages">Eastern Iranian language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-barthold_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barthold-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, the area was strategically important. It was the setting of <a href="/wiki/Suyab" title="Suyab">Suyab</a>, the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Western Turkic Khaganate">Western Turkic Khaganate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balasagun" title="Balasagun">Balasagun</a>, the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Qara_Khitai" title="Qara Khitai">Qara Khitai</a> (Western Liao dynasty). </p><p>The Chu River posed a risk of flooding for settlements located in the Chu Valley. In the winter of 1878, an ice gorge formed on the Chu River upstream from <a href="/wiki/Tokmok" title="Tokmok">Tokmok</a>, the administrative centre of Semirechye Province. This was followed by severe flooding that damaged the town and the province's capital was moved to Pishpek (Bishkek).<sup id="cite_ref-flooding_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flooding-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dams">Dams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The river flow is regulated by the dam at <a href="/wiki/Orto-Tokoy_Reservoir" title="Orto-Tokoy Reservoir">Orto-Tokoy Reservoir</a> in Kyrgyzstan built in 1957 and the dam at Tasotkel Reservoir in Kazakhstan built in 1974. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology_and_environment">Ecology and environment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ecology and environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_monitoring">Environmental monitoring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Environmental monitoring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kyrgyz State Agency for <a href="/wiki/Hydrometeorology" title="Hydrometeorology">Hydrometeorology</a> and the Kazakhstan Hydrometeorological Service (Kazhydromet) operate a number of water quality monitoring stations on the Chu River and its tributaries.<sup id="cite_ref-envmonitoring_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-envmonitoring-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_quality">Water quality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Water quality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Kyrgyz State Agency for Hydrometeorology, in 2004–08 the water pollution index of the Chu River in the Chu Valley ranged from 0.25 to 0.7 units, which is interpreted as Class II ("Clean water"). The only exception was a monitoring point downstream of Vasilyevka village where the water pollution index ranged from 0.4 to 1.2 units and water quality was assessed as Class II(Clean)/Class III ("Moderately polluted").<sup id="cite_ref-envmonitoring_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-envmonitoring-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Kazakhstan Hydrometeorological Service (Kazhydromet), the water pollution index of the Shu (Chu) River in the <a href="/wiki/Jambyl_Region" title="Jambyl Region">Jambyl Region</a> of Kazakhstan amounted to 2.01 (Class III, "Moderately polluted") in 2008, and 1.83 (Class III, "Moderately polluted") in 2009. Such water quality parameters as <a href="/wiki/Biochemical_oxygen_demand" title="Biochemical oxygen demand">biochemical oxygen demand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nitrite" title="Nitrite">nitrites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phenols" title="Phenols">phenols</a> exceeded the maximum allowable concentrations.<sup id="cite_ref-waterpollution_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waterpollution-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_tributaries">Major tributaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Kyrgyzstan, 4892 rivers and canals flow into Chu River.<sup id="cite_ref-encyc_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main tributaries are, from source to mouth: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kochkor_(river)" title="Kochkor (river)">Kochkor</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joon_Aryk" class="mw-redirect" title="Joon Aryk">Joon Aryk</a> (right)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chong-Kemin" title="Chong-Kemin">Chong-Kemin</a> (right)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kichi-Kemin_(river)" title="Kichi-Kemin (river)">Kichi-Kemin</a> (right)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kara-Konguz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kara-Konguz (page does not exist)">Kara-Konguz</a> (right)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamshy_(river)" title="Shamshy (river)">Shamshy</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ysyk-Ata" title="Ysyk-Ata">Ysyk-Ata</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alam%C3%BCd%C3%BCn_(river)" title="Alamüdün (river)">Alamüdün</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ala-Archa" title="Ala-Archa">Ala-Archa</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jylamysh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jylamysh (page does not exist)">Jylamysh</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakpatas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kakpatas (page does not exist)">Kakpatas</a> (right)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ak-Suu_(Chu)" title="Ak-Suu (Chu)">Ak-Suu</a> (left)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuragaty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuragaty (page does not exist)">Kuragaty</a> (left)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:E8145-Chu-River.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="In the Boom Gorge"><img alt="In the Boom Gorge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/E8145-Chu-River.jpg/120px-E8145-Chu-River.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/E8145-Chu-River.jpg/180px-E8145-Chu-River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/E8145-Chu-River.jpg/240px-E8145-Chu-River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">In the <a href="/wiki/Boom_Gorge" title="Boom Gorge">Boom Gorge</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balbal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A medieval balbal near Burana Tower in the Chüy Valley"><img alt="A medieval balbal near Burana Tower in the Chüy Valley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Balbal.jpg/95px-Balbal.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Balbal.jpg/143px-Balbal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Balbal.jpg/190px-Balbal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="363" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A medieval <a href="/wiki/Balbal_(kurgan_stelae)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balbal (kurgan stelae)">balbal</a> near <a href="/wiki/Burana_Tower" title="Burana Tower">Burana Tower</a> in the Chüy Valley</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:E8046-Chuy-Valley-Milyanfan-east.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="In the Chüy Valley near Milyanfan"><img alt="In the Chüy Valley near Milyanfan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/E8046-Chuy-Valley-Milyanfan-east.jpg/120px-E8046-Chuy-Valley-Milyanfan-east.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/E8046-Chuy-Valley-Milyanfan-east.jpg/180px-E8046-Chuy-Valley-Milyanfan-east.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/E8046-Chuy-Valley-Milyanfan-east.jpg/240px-E8046-Chuy-Valley-Milyanfan-east.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">In the Chüy Valley near <a href="/wiki/Milyanfan" title="Milyanfan">Milyanfan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:E7858-Korday-Chu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Near Korday border crossing"><img alt="Near Korday border crossing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/E7858-Korday-Chu.jpg/120px-E7858-Korday-Chu.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/E7858-Korday-Chu.jpg/180px-E7858-Korday-Chu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/E7858-Korday-Chu.jpg/240px-E7858-Korday-Chu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Near <a href="/wiki/Korday" title="Korday">Korday</a> border crossing</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:E7840-Shu-city-river-crossing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Near Shu, Kazakhstan"><img alt="Near Shu, Kazakhstan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/E7840-Shu-city-river-crossing.jpg/120px-E7840-Shu-city-river-crossing.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/E7840-Shu-city-river-crossing.jpg/180px-E7840-Shu-city-river-crossing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/E7840-Shu-city-river-crossing.jpg/240px-E7840-Shu-city-river-crossing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Near <a href="/wiki/Shu,_Jambyl" title="Shu, Jambyl">Shu</a>, Kazakhstan</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chu-Ili_Range" title="Chu-Ili Range">Chu-Ili Range</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chu_(river)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Kazakh_language" title="Kazakh language">Kazakh</a>: <span lang="kk">Шу</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Kazakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Kazakh">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Kazakh-language romanization"><i lang="kk-Latn">Şu</i></span>; 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