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

AI overview

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: river
Country: Kazakhstan
Located in: Almaty Region
Continent: Asia
Image: River-ili-2.jpg
Length: 1439

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Commons category: Ili River
mouth of the watercourse: Lake Balkhash
category for the water basin: Category:Ili river basin
lake on watercourse: Lake Balkhash
watershed area: 140000
discharge: 480
native label: Или
impounded by: Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant
basin country: Kazakhstan
different from: Ili
origin of the watercourse: Tekes River

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ili River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.