Chu River

The Chu (or Chui or Chuy) (, , ) is a river in northern Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan. At approximately 1,300 km in length, it is one of the longest rivers in Kyrgyzstan. The Chu starts in the northern Kyrgyz ranges of the western Tian Shan. After approaches Lake Issyk Kul within a few kilometers (near Balykchy), without either flowing into the lake or draining it, it turns to the northwest. After passing through the narrow Boom Gorge , it enters the comparatively flat Chuy Valley, within which the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek and the Kazakh city of Shu are located. Much of the Chu's water is diverted into a network of canals to irrigate the fertile black soils of the Chuy Valley for farming, both on the Kyrgyz and Kazakh sides of the river.
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