Kara-Su, Osh
Encyclopedia
Kara-Su is a village
in the Osh Province
of Kyrgyzstan
.
The village of Daraut-Korgan is 3 miles (4 km) to the west, and Kyzyleshme
is 2 miles (3 km) to the east. The village sits on the Karasu River, a tributary of the Naryn River
, itself a tributary of the Syr Darya
, which flows into the Aral Sea
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Osh Province
Osh Province
Osh Province is a province of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Osh. It is bounded by Jalal-Abad Province, Naryn Province, Xinjiang, China, Tajikistan, Batken Province and Uzbekistan.-Geography:...
of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
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The village of Daraut-Korgan is 3 miles (4 km) to the west, and Kyzyleshme
Kyzyleshme
Kyzyleshme is a village in the Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan.The town of Kara-Su is 2 miles to the west, and Daraut-Korgan is 5 miles to the west.- External links :*...
is 2 miles (3 km) to the east. The village sits on the Karasu River, a tributary of the Naryn River
Naryn River
The Naryn River rises in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, flowing west through the Fergana Valley into Uzbekistan. Here it merges with the Kara Darya River to form the Syr Darya...
, itself a tributary of the Syr Darya
Syr Darya
The Syr Darya , also transliterated Syrdarya or Sirdaryo, is a river in Central Asia, sometimes known as the Jaxartes or Yaxartes from its Ancient Greek name . The Greek name is derived from Old Persian, Yakhsha Arta , a reference to the color of the river's water...
, which flows into the Aral Sea
Aral Sea
The Aral Sea was a lake that lay between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south...
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