Kara-Suu Rapids

The Kara-Suu Rapids are a series of cascades and small waterfalls on the upper Kara-Suu in the Talas Alatau, on the tribal side of the Qara-Chik Demarcation Line, just above the gorge that gives the village of Chong-Kapka its name, at about 2,290 meters. Over about two kilometers the river drops about 150 meters through a narrow cleft in granite.^[1] A herders' path climbs beside them to the upper valley. Downstream, the river passes through the Kara-Suu Canyon and drives the Kara-Suu Hydroelectric Station.^[2]

References

1. ^ Talas State University, Faculty of Geography (2018). Physical Geography of Irad. Talas: Talas State University Press.
2. ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2022). Settlements and Services in the Talas Alatau Zone. Kara-Oi.