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| name = Talas River
| native_name = Талас
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| image_caption = Talas River near Taraz

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The '''Talas River''' rises in the [[Talas Region]] of [[Kyrgyzstan]] and flows west into [[Kazakhstan]]. It is formed from the confluence of the Karakol and Uch-Koshoy. It runs through the city of [[Taraz]] in [[Zhambyl Province]] of [[Kazakhstan]] and vanishes before reaching [[Lake Aydyn]].

The Ili, Chu and Talas are three steppe rivers that flow west and then north-west. The [[Ili River]] rises in [[Xinjiang]], flows west to a point north of Lake [[Issyk Kul]] and then turns north-west to reach [[Lake Balkash]]. The [[Chu River]] rises west of Lake Issyk Kul, flows out into the steppe and dries up before reaching the [[Syr Darya]]. The Talas River starts west and south of the Chu, flows west and north-west, but dries up before reaching the Chu.

==History==
[[File:Syrdaryamap.png|thumb|right|300px|Talas River in the Syr Darya basin]]

During the [[Battle of Talas]] (named after the river) in 751, the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] force defeated the [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]] [[China|Chinese]] forces led by the General [[Gao Xianzhi]] over a dispute regarding a client kingdom in the Fergana Valley. The battle was won by the Abbasids after the Karluks defected.

The Chinese monk [[Xuanzang]] arrived from the Chui river to Talas during one of his journeys.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsoWAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA192&dq=city+of+talas+or+taraz+the+persian+historians+position+almalik+great+road+russian+map&hl=en&ei=2aDRTb6uA6fX0QHI6cSWDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=city%20of%20talas%20or%20taraz%20the%20persian%20historians%20position%20almalik%20great%20road%20russian%20map&f=false|title=The Chinese recorder, Volume 5|author=|year=1874|edition=|editor=|publisher=American Presbyterian Mission Press|location=|page=192|isbn=|pages=|accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwXwHwwtnYYC&pg=PA34&dq=further+to+the+west+we+arrived+in+four+days+call+the+chinese+pail+jar+bear&hl=en&ei=7KDRTazIE4H30gGDwZXgDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=further%20to%20the%20west%20we%20arrived%20in%20four%20days%20call%20the%20chinese%20pail%20jar%20bear&f=false|title=Notes on Chinese mediaeval travellers to the West|author=E. Bretschneider|year=1875|publisher=American Presbyterian Mission Press|location=|page=34|isbn=|pages=|accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Rivers of Kazakhstan}}
{{Rivers of Kyrgyzstan}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Rivers of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Jambyl Region]]
[[Category:Talas Region]]
[[Category:International rivers of Asia]]

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