Ak-Suu (Chu)

Ak-Suu
The Ak-Suu flowing from the Narzan Valley past the village of Jardy-Suu
Native name	Ак-Суу (Kyrgyz)
Location
Country	Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Region	Chüy Region, Jambyl Region
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
Mouth	Chu
• location	Kazakhstan
• coordinates	43°20′17″N 73°58′12″E
• elevation	515 m (1,690 ft)
Length	155 km (96 mi)
Basin size	483 km^2 (186 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Chu→ Betpak-Dala desert
Tributaries
• right	Temen-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]

References

1. "Аксуу – Москва" [Aksuu - Moskva] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 180.
2. Чу (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia