Ak-Buura
| Ak-Buura | |
|---|---|
Alai Mountains | |
| Mouth | Shahrixonsoy |
• coordinates | 40°40′18″N 72°36′49″E / 40.6717°N 72.6137°E |
| Length | approx. 148 km (92 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,530 km2 (980 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Tölöykön |
| • average | 21.4 m3/s (760 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Shahrixonsoy→ Great Fergana Canal→ Syr Darya→ North Aral Sea |
The Ak-Buura (
Alai Mountains. The river is 148 kilometres (92 mi) long, and the watershed covers 2,530 square kilometres (980 sq mi).[1] The long-term average discharge of the river at Tölöykön gauging post (southern boundary of Osh) is 21.4 cubic metres per second (760 cu ft/s), high-water discharge (June–July) ranging from 50 cubic metres per second (1,800 cu ft/s) to 67 cubic metres per second (2,400 cu ft/s) and low-water discharge (January) from 5 cubic metres per second (180 cu ft/s) to 6 cubic metres per second (210 cu ft/s).[2] The main settlements along the river Ak-Buura are the city Osh and the villages Tölöykön, Turuk and Papan.[3]
References
- ^ Ошская область:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Osh Oblast] (in Russian). Bishkek: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1987. p. 445.
- ^ Материалы к изучению проблем экологии, питьевого водоснабжения, мелиорации, энергоснабжения и машинного орошения в зоне пилотных каналов. (Materials on investigating of issues of ecology, drinking water, amelioration, energy supply, and pump irrigation in pilot canal's area) (PDF) (Report). Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission of the Central Asia. 2006.
- ^ "Акбуура" [Akbuura] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 179.
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