Kaba (Irtysh)

Kaba Haba He
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Data
location	Xinjiang ( People's Republic of China )
River system	Irtysh
Drain over	Irtysh  → Arctic Ocean
Confluence of	Qaraqaba and Aqqaba 48 ° 32 ′ 25 "  N , 86 ° 35 ′ 1"  E
Source height	932  m
muzzle	Black Irtysh Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '49 "  N , 86 ° 11' 32"  E 47 ° 51 '49 "  N , 86 ° 11' 32"  E
length	approx. 120 km
Reservoirs flowed through	Jilebulake , Yamaguchi

The Kaba ( Chinese 哈巴河 , also Haba He ) is a right tributary of the Irtysh ( Ertix ) in the Kazakh Ili Autonomous District in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .

The river arises at the confluence of the Qaraqaba (right, "Black Kaba") and Aqqaba (left, "White Kaba") on the border between Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China. It turns to the south-southeast and flows through the mountains in the Kaba district of the Altay administrative district . He makes a sharp turn to the west. Later it changes direction again to the south. There are two dams on this section of the river. Finally he leaves the mountains. It flows 5 km west of the city of Akqi in a southerly direction and flows on the right side into the westward flowing upper reaches of the Irtysh.

The Kaba River has a length of approx. 120 km.

Use of hydropower

There are two dams along the river, each with an attached hydropower plant.

The hydropower plants in the downstream direction:

Surname	completion position	Power in MW	Dam height in m	Storage space in million m³
Jilebulake	2014	160, 0	146.3	232
Yamaguchi	1997	25.2	40.5	50