| Terekty (Kusak) Теректi / 铁列克提河 | |
|---|---|
  Mouth location in Kazakhstan  Terekty River (China) | |
| Location | |
| Countries | China, Kazakhstan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Kertau |
| • coordinates | 45°46′00″N 82°47′00″E / 45.76667°N 82.78333°E |
| Mouth | Zhalanashkol |
• coordinates | 45°36′00″N 82°10′00″E / 45.60000°N 82.16667°E |
The Terekty River (Kazakh: Теректi өзенi, Russian: река Теректы), also known under the Sinified spelling Tielieketi (Chinese: 铁列克提河; pinyin: Tiělièkètí hé), is a small river that flows from China to Kazakhstan. In its lower course the river is also known as the Kusak (Kazakh: Қусақ, Russian: Кусак, Chinese: 库萨克; pinyin: Kùsàkè). Along most of its course, the river flows through the very sparsely populated mountainous terrain of the southern part of Xinjiang's Yumin County; by the time it crosses the China–Kazakhstan border and enters a flat desert east of Lake Zhalanashkol, its bed is usually dry, with little water ever reaching Lake Zhalanashkol.
The Terekty is mainly known as the site of a Sino-Soviet border conflict that occurred in August 1969.