Naryn (river)
Naryn - Norin Нарын |
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The Naryn near the city of the same name |
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location | Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan | |
River system | Syr Darya | |
Drain over | Syr Darya → Aral Sea | |
Confluence of |
Big and Small Naryn in central Tianshan 41 ° 29 ′ 44 ″ N , 76 ° 25 ′ 19 ″ E |
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Association with |
Qoradaryo to Syrdarja Coordinates: 40 ° 54 ′ 3 ″ N , 71 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ E 40 ° 54 ′ 3 ″ N , 71 ° 45 ′ 29 ″ E
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length | 534 km (including the source river Kleiner Naryn: 678 km) | |
Catchment area | 59,100 km² | |
Outflow location: 40 km above the mouth |
MQ |
429 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Atbaschy , Alabuga , Kökirim , Karasuu (Toktogul) | |
Right tributaries | Onartscha , Kökömeren , Songköl , Usun-Akmat , Tschytschkan , Karasuu (Aksy) | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Toktogul Reservoir , Kurpsai Reservoir , Taschkömür Reservoir , Schamaldysai Reservoir , Utschkorgon Reservoir | |
Medium-sized cities | Naryn , Tashkömür , Uchqoʻrgʻon | |
Communities | Kazarman , Shamaldysai | |
Course of the Naryn (Нары́н) |
The Naryn ( Kyrgyz Нарын ; Uzbek Norin ; Russian Нарын ) is a 534 km (including the source river Kleiner Naryn 678 km) long river in Central Asia and is the right source river of the Syr Darya .
It is one of the largest or longest rivers in the Kyrgyz part of the Tianshan Mountains, which it flows through in western directions, and the overall richest river in the country.
The Naryn arises at the confluence of its two source rivers, Großer Naryn and Kleiner Naryn, in the Issykköl area in the high mountain world south of the large natural lake Issykköl . Without achieving this lake and to flow through manages its water over Naryn westward including through the Toktogul Reservoir and reaches a little further south-west Uzbekistan , where he in extremely large Ferghana valley not far from Namangan by the confluence with the Kara Darya ( Kara-Daryja ) which forms Syrdarya .
The Naryn, which has an annual runoff of 13.7 km³ , is dammed a total of six times for irrigation purposes and to generate energy . The largest reservoir is the aforementioned Toktogul reservoir , which is located at Toktogul . The Kambaratinsk dam with a planned storage volume of 4.65 billion m³ is under construction and is to reach a height of 255 m.
From the Naryn near the city of Uchqoʻrgʻon the Great and the Northern Ferghana Canal are derived as irrigation canals .
Hydropower plants and reservoirs
Looking downstream, the Naryn is dammed by the following hydropower plants:
dam | operator | Max. Power (MW) | status | Reservoir | Surface (km²) | Volume (million m³) |
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Kambar-Ata 1 | 2,300 | planned | Kambar-ata | 4,560 | ||
Kambar-Ata 2 | 360 | in operation | Kambar-ata | 70 | ||
Toktogul | 1,200 | in operation | Toktogul | 284.3 | 19,500 | |
Kurpsai | 800 | in operation | Kurpsai | 12.2 | 370 | |
Tashkömür | 450 | in operation | Tashkömür | 140 | ||
Shamaldysai | 240 | in operation | Shamaldysai | 41 | ||
Uchkorgon | 180 | in operation | Uchkorgon | 52.5 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Article Naryn in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)