Chatkal
| Chatkal - Chatqol | ||
 The area where the Chatkal flows into the Chorvoq |
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Jalalabat Region ( Kyrgyzstan ), Tashkent Province ( Uzbekistan ) |
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| River system | Syr Darya | |
| Drain over | Chirchiq → Syr Darja → Aral Sea | |
| source | in Talas-Alatau 42 ° 5 ′ 12 ″ N , 71 ° 57 ′ 47 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in the Chorvoq reservoir Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′ 8 ″ N , 70 ° 5 ′ 57 ″ E 41 ° 35 ′ 8 ″ N , 70 ° 5 ′ 57 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 960 m
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| length | 223 km | |
| Catchment area | 7110 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near the mouth |
MQ |
122 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Karatokoi , Ters , Akbulak | |
| Right tributaries | Chandalash | |
| Communities | Kanysch-Kyja | |
.JPG) View from the Aukaschka summit to the Chatkal |
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 Map with the lower reaches of the Chatkal (Чаткал) |
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The Chatkal ( Kyrgyz Чаткал ; Uzbek Chatqol ; Russian Чатка́л , also Каракульджа Karakuldscha ) is a source of the Chirchiq in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan .
The Chatkal rises on the southwest flank of the Talas-Alatau in the Kyrgyz region of Jalalabat . It flows in a south-westerly direction through the mountains. The mountain range of the Chatkal Mountains extends east of the river . In the lower reaches of the Chatkal flows through the Besh -Aral nature reserve , later turns to the west and reaches the Uzbek province of Tashkent . He finally ends after 223 km in the south-eastern end of the lake charvak -Stausees which the Syr Darya drained influx Chirchiq.
Its catchment area covers 7110 km². The Chatkal is mainly fed by the snowmelt . The mean discharge (MQ) near the mouth is 122 m³ / s, the largest discharge is 920 m³ / s. Kanysch-Kyja , the administrative center of the Chatkal Rajon , is located on the central reaches of the Chatkal.
Tschingis Aitmatow describes in his story Eye in Eye ("Лицом к лицу", 1958), which takes place during the kulak persecution and the Second World War, the planned escape route over a pass to a safe place in the Chatkal valley. Ingo Kühl refers to this description in his painting Transition to Chatkal (1996, private collection).
