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The '''Chuy Valley''' ({{lang-ky|Чүй өрөөнү}}, {{lang-kz|Шу аңғары}}) is a large valley located in north [[Tian-Shan]]. It extends from [[Boom Gorge]] in the east to [[Muyunkum Desert]] in the west. It has an area of about 32,000 square kilometers, and borders [[Kyrgyz Ala-Too]] in the south, and Chu-Ili mountains in the north. Through [[Boom Gorge]] in the narrow east part Chuy Valley is linked with [[Issyk Kul|Issyk-Kul Valley]]. [[Chu River]] is the major stream of the valley.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book|title=Чүй облусу:Энциклопедия|trans_title=Encyclopedia of Chuy Oblast|first=|last=|publisher=Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Encyclopedia|language=Kyrgyz, Russian|location=Bishkek
|year=1994|isbn=5-89750-083-5|pages=718}}</ref>

The warm summer and availability of drinking and irrigation water makes this area one of the most fertile and most densely populated regions of Kyrgyzstan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Kyrgyzstan|first=Rafis|last=Abazov|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|year=2004|isbn=0-8108-4868-6|pages=105}}</ref>

There are deposits of zinc ore, lead, gold, and construction materials.<ref>{{cite book|title=Słownik Geografii ZSRR|publisher=Wiedza Powszechna|language=Polish|location=Warszawa|year=1974|isbn=|pages=422}}</ref>

==Climate==
The climate is sharply continental. Summers are long and hot, and winters are relatively short and cold. The average temperature of the hottest month (July) is 24.4&nbsp;°C with the maximum of +43&nbsp;°C. The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is -5.0&nbsp;°C with the minimum of -38&nbsp;°C. The typical annual precipitation varies from 300 to 500&nbsp;mm/year in different climatic zones of the valley. Precipitation progressively increases with increasing altitude near Kyrgyz Ala-Too range. Spring and autumn are the rainiest seasons in Chuy Valley.<ref>{{Cite report |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2003 |title=First National Communication of the Kyrgyz Republic under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |url=http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/kyrnc1.pdf |publisher= |page=25 |docket= |accessdate=3/10/2013 |quote= }}</ref>

==Towns and urban-type settlements in Chuy Valley==
* [[Bishkek]]
* [[Kara-Balta]]
* [[Kant, Kyrgyzstan|Kant]]
* [[Kemin]]
* [[Shopokov]]
* [[Tokmok]]
* [[Ivanovka, Kyrgyzstan|Ivanovka]]

==References==
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[[Category:Valleys of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Valleys of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Chuy Region]]
[[Category:Jambyl Region]]


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