Ili River | |
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Ili River
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Country | Kazakhstan and China |
Basin features | |
Main source |
Tekes and Kunges rivers Tian Shan |
River mouth | Lake Balkhash |
Basin size | 140,000 km2 (54,000 sq mi) |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 1,439 km (894 mi) |
Discharge |
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The Ili River (Uyghur: ئىلى دەرياسى, ULY: Ili deryasi, official: Или дәряси, UYY: Ili dəryasi?; Kazakh: Іле, İle, ئله; Russian: Или; Chinese: 伊犁河; pinyin: Yīlí Hé; Dungan: Йили хә, Jili xə, اِلِ حْ; Mongolian: Ил, literally "Bareness") 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 Province in Kazakhstan.