Chong Jargylchak

The Chong Jargylchak (Чоң Жаргылчак, Чон Джаргылчак) is a river in Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. It rises on north slopes of Teskey Ala-Too Range and flows into lake Issyk-Kul. The length of the river is 25 km and the basin area 137 km2. Average annual discharge is 2.32 m3/s. The maximum flow is 25.3 m3/s and the minimum - 0.22 m3/s. According to recent study conducted by Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences the average annual discharge of the river increased to 3.32 m3/s (at gauging station Chong Jargylchak) over the period of 1994–2016, which is 153% higher than during monitoring period from 1940 to 1993, i.e. 2.16 m3/s due to climate change factors.