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Encyclopedia > Ili River

The Ili River is a river in Kazakhstan and in the western part of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... Xinjiang (Chinese: æ–°ç–†; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsin1-chiang1; Postal Pinyin: Sinkiang; literal meaning: New Frontier; Uyghur: ), full name Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...


It is 1,439 km (870 miles) long, 815 km of which in Kazakhstan. It takes its beginning in eastern Tian Shan from the Tekes and Kunges rivers. The Ili River drains the basin between the Tian Shan the P'o-lo-k'o-nu Mountains to the north. The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山; Pinyin: Tiān Shān; celestial mountains) mountain range is located in Central Asia, in the border region of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of western China. ...


Flowing into lake Balkhash it forms an immense delta with vast wetland regions of lakes, marches and jungle-like vegetation. Lake Balkhash: NASA image, taken 18 April 2000 by SeaWiFS Lake Balkhash (sometimes written as Lake Balqash) is a large lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, the second largest in Central Asia after the Aral Sea. ...


The Kapchagai Hydroelectric power station was built from 1965 to 1980 in the middle flow of Ili River, forming the Kapchagay Reserve. Tamgaly, some 20 km downstream along Ili River is a site of rock drawings. The name Tamgaly in Kazakh means painted or marked place. 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland Petroglyph on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (Häljesta, Västmanland in Sweden). ... Kazak, also Kazakh and Qazaq (Қазақ тілі, Qazaq tilî) is a Turkic language with ISO 639 codes of kaz and kk. ...


Tributaries include

  • K'a-shih
  • Kunges
  • Teke

  Results from FactBites:
 
Kulja - LoveToKnow 1911 (0 words)
The Ili is formed by the junction of the Kunghez with the Tekez, and for 120 m.
It is one of the chief cities of the region, owing to the importance of its bazaars, and is the seat of the Russian consul and a telegraph station.
Jenghiz Khan conquered Kulja in the 13th century, and the Mongol Khans resided in the valley of the Ili.
Ili - LoveToKnow 1911 (0 words)
ILI, one of the principal rivers of Central Asia, in the Russian province of Semiryechensk.
The principal tributaries of the Ili are the Kash, Chilik and Charyn.
Fort Ili or Iliysk, a modern Russian establishment, must not be confounded with Ili, the old capital of the Chinese province of the same name.
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