Aqsu (Arys)

Aqsu Ақсу
Aqsu Gorge
Data
location	Sairam , Töle Bi in Türkistan (Kazakhstan)
River system	Amu Darya
Drain over	Arys  → Syr Darja  → Aral Sea
source	Talas-Alatau 42 ° 18 ′ 15 ″  N , 70 ° 51 ′ 57 ″  E
Source height	approx.  3400  m
muzzle	Ary's coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′ 51 "  N , 69 ° 35 ′ 25"  E 42 ° 35 ′ 51 "  N , 69 ° 35 ′ 25"  E
length	133 km
Catchment area	766 km²
Drain	MQ	9.68 m³ / s
Communities	Aqsukent

The Aqsu ( Kazakh Ақсу - "White River") is a left tributary of the Arys in southern Kazakhstan .

The Aqsu rises in the far west of the Talas-Alatau on the border with Kyrgyzstan . The upper reaches of the Aqsu in the mountains are in the Aqsu-Schabaghyly nature reserve . The river initially flows in a west-south-westerly direction, later in a westerly direction out of the mountains into the steppe plain . There he turns to the northwest and passes the municipality of Aqsukent . Finally it flows into the Arys, a right tributary of the Syr Darja . The Aqsu has a length of 133 km. It drains an area of ​​766 km². The mean discharge in Audany Sairam is 9.68 m³ / s.