Ak-Suu Mineral Springs

The Ak-Suu Mineral Springs are a group of warm, naturally carbonated springs at the foot of the Ak-Suu Canyon on the western Talas Alatau, within the Aksu-Zhabagly nature reserve, in the Talas Alatau planning zone of the Autonomous Tribal Regions. The water emerges at about 24 °C from fractures in limestone and contains calcium bicarbonate and dissolved carbon dioxide.^[1] Herders bathe in small stone-lined pools to treat joint pains, a use recorded in Soviet resort surveys. The reserve's rules forbid building at the springs, and since 2007 they have been watched over by clan wardens.^[2]

References

1. ^ Ministry of Health of the Iradi SSR, Resorts Directorate (1971). Mineral Waters and Resorts of the Iradi SSR. Kobozev.
2. ^ Talas State University, Faculty of Geography (2018). Physical Geography of Irad. Talas: Talas State University Press.