Ak-Suu (Chu)

Ak-Suu
The Ak-Suu flowing from the Narzan Valley past the village of Jardy-Suu
Map
Native nameАк-Суу (Kyrgyz)
Location
CountryKyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
RegionChüy Region, Jambyl Region
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
MouthChu
 • location
Kazakhstan
 • coordinates
43°20′17″N 73°58′12″E / 43.33806°N 73.97000°E / 43.33806; 73.97000
 • elevation
515 m (1,690 ft)
Length155 km (96 mi)
Basin size483 km2 (186 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionChuBetpak-Dala desert
Tributaries 
 • rightTemen-Suu

The Ak-Suu or Aqsu (Kyrgyz: Ак-Суу [ɑq suː], Kazakh: Ақсу Aqsū, both meaning "white water") is a river running through mostly Moskva District, Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan and Shu District, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan. It is 155 kilometres (96 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 483 square kilometres (186 sq mi).[1] It takes its rise on the northern slope of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too, and it runs through the Narzan Valley north into the Chüy Valley and through the city of Belovodskoye, which is named after it. It flows into the Chu (left tributary) in southern Kazakhstan.[2]

  1. ^ "Аксуу – Москва" [Aksuu - Moskva] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 180.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Чу (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia