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{{Geobox|River

| name = Kichi-Kemin River
| native_name = Кичи-Кемин дарыясы
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| country = [[Kyrgyzstan]]
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| length = 81
| watershed = 614
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| discharge = 2.10
| discharge_max = 8.63
| discharge_min = 0.46
| discharge_note = <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>
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| source_lat_m = 51
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| source_long_d = 76
| source_long_m = 18
| source_long_s = 25
| source_long_EW = E
| source_elevation = 3495
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| mouth_name = [[Chu River]]
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The '''Kichi-Kemin River''' ({{lang-ky|Кичи-Кемин}}) is a river in [[Kemin District]] of [[Chuy Province]] of [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Korday District]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. It is a right tributary of the [[Chu River]] in [[Chuy Valley]]. It is {{convert|81|km|mi}} long with a basin area of {{convert|614|km2|mi2}}. The flow of the Kichi-Kemin River considerably varies; the minimum flow is {{convert|0.46|m3/s|cuft/s}} in February, and the maximum is {{convert|8.63|m3/s|cuft/s}} in July.<ref name=encyc />

==Course==
The source of Kichi-Kemin River is high in the shoots of [[Trans-Ili Alatau]] in Kyrgyzstan. For about {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} the river flows to the north and than to the west along the Kyrgyzstan–Kazakhstan border from an elevation of about {{convert|3500|m|ft}} to {{convert|2500|m|ft}}. The river passes through [[urban-type settlement]] [[Ak-Tuz]] and flows to the southwest in a narrow gorge. Further, it passes through village [[Imeni Il'icha]] and enters [[Kichi-Kemin Valley]]. The Kichi-Kemin River turns west and passes near villages [[Kichi-Kemin]], [[Boroldoy]], and [[Beysheke, Kemin|Beysheke]]. It flows parallel to the [[Chu River]] at a distance of {{convert|3|to|4|km|mi}} and crosses the Kyrgyzstan–Kazakhstan border. In Kazakhstan, in passes near villages [[Karasay batyr]] and [[Enbek]] gradually approaching the Chu River, and flowing into it near [[Chim-Kurgan]].

==Ecology and environment==

===Contamination===
In 1964, mudflows damaged [[tailings pond]] No.2 in the vicinity of the Kichi-Kemin River, and {{convert|1.5|e6m3|cuft}} of radioactive [[tailings]] contaminated the river and lower part of [[Kichi-Kemin Valley]] with [[thorium]], [[lead]], [[copper]], [[zinc]], [[beryllium]] and other heavy metals.<ref>{{Citation | first = V.| last = Stavinskiy | first2 = E.| last2 = Shukurov| first3 = M.| last3 = Suyumbaev | editor-last = Bogdetsky (editor)| editor-first = V.| contribution = Mining Industry and Sustainable Development in Kyrgyzstan | contribution-url = http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/G00573.pdf | series = Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development No.110| year = 2001 | pages = 62 | place = | publisher = International Institute for Sustainable Development | url = http://www.iied.org/ | doi = | id = G00573 }}</ref>

===Environmental monitoring===
The Kyrgyz State Agency on Hydrometeorology runs two water-quality monitoring stations on the Kichi-Kemin River: one of them is {{convert|3|km|mi|0}} upstream and another is {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} downstream of [[Ak-Tuz]].<ref name="envmonitoring">{{cite web | url= http://www.meteo.ktnet.kg/unzps/unzps_voda_arch.php
| title = Kyrgyz State Agency on Hydrometeorology: water quality | accessdate = 2010-09-04 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rivers of Kyrgyzstan}}

[[Category:Rivers of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Rivers of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Chu River]]

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