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Ili valley

Ili River
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Ili River
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
  • Average rate:
    480 m3/s (17,000 cu ft/s)

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.


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