Ili River

Also known as River Ili, Ili, Yili, Yili River, I-li, I-li River, Ili R., R. Ili

river in Kazakhstan and China

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The Ili River is a major waterway that flows through Kazakhstan and China, serving as an important water source for the region. It matters because it supplies water for agriculture, drinking, and other essential uses for communities and ecosystems along its course in both countries.

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Image: River-ili-2.jpg
Length: 1439

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Commons category: Ili River
watershed area: 140000
discharge: 480
native label: Или

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The Ili River is a river in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan. It flows from the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region to the Almaty Region in Kazakhstan.

It is 1,439 kilometres (894 mi) long (including its source river the Tekes), 815 kilometres (506 mi) of which is in Kazakhstan. The river originates from the Tekes and Künes rivers in Eastern Tian Shan. The Ili drains the basin between the Tian Shan and the Borohoro Mountains. Flowing into Lake Balkhash (in the endorheic Balkhash-Alakol Basin), the Ili forms a large delta with vast wetland regions of lakes, marshes and vegetation.