Chüy Valley
Chüy Valley | |
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Kyrgyz: Чүй өрөөнү Kazakh: Шу аңғары Russian: Чуйская долина | |
Length | 250 km (160 mi) |
Area | 32,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) |
Geography | |
Countries | |
State/Province | Chüy Region |
River | Chu (Chüy) |
The Chüy Valley (
The warm summer and availability of drinking and irrigation water makes this area one of the most fertile and most densely populated regions of Kyrgyzstan.[4]
There are deposits of zinc ore, lead, gold, and construction materials.[5] The 2006 World Drug Report estimated that 400,000 hectares of cannabis grow wild in the Chüy Valley.[6]
Climate
The climate is sharply continental. Summers are long and hot, and winters are relatively short and cold. The average temperature of the hottest month (July) is 24.4 °C (76 °F) with a maximum of 43 °C (109 °F). The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is −5.0 °C (23.0 °F) with a minimum of −38 °C (−36 °F). The typical annual precipitation varies from 300 to 500 millimetres (12 to 20 in) in different climatic zones of the valley. Precipitation progressively increases with increasing altitude near Kyrgyz Ala-Too range. Spring and autumn are the rainiest seasons in Chüy Valley.[7]
Settlements
The following cities and towns are located in the Chüy Valley:
References
- ^ a b "Чүй өрөөнү" [Chüy Valley] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. pp. 131–132.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Чуйская долина in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
- ISBN 5-89750-083-5.
- ISBN 0-8108-4868-6.
- ^ Słownik Geografii ZSRR (in Polish). Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. 1974. p. 422.
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- ^ First National Communication of the Kyrgyz Republic under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (PDF) (Report). 2003. p. 25. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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