Kara-Üngkür
The Kara-Üngkür (Kyrgyz: Кара-Үңкүр), in its lower course Tentaksoy (Uzbek: Tentaksoy, Kyrgyz: Тентек-Сай) is a river in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. It is a large right tributary of the Kara Darya. The river is formed at the confluence of the rivers Kyzyl-Üngkür and Arstanbap, which originate in the Fergana Range. The river's length is 127 km, and its basin size 4,130 km. It discharges into the Kara Darya near the town of Kuyganyor, north of Andijan. The Kara-Üngkür is used for irrigation. It flows along the villages Kyzyl-Üngkür, Oogon-Talaa, Charbak and Bazar-Korgon in Kyrgyzstan, and Paxtaobod in Uzbekistan.
References
- ^ Караункюр in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
- ^ "Караүңкүр" [Kara-Üngkür] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 194.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Basic hydrographic characteristics of rivers of Fergana valley". Retrieved 13 January 2022.
