Engilchek (river)

The Engilchek (Kyrgyz: Эңилчек) is a river in Ak-Suu District of Issyk-Kul Region of eastern Kyrgyzstan.

It drains the Engilchek Glacier in the Central Tian Shan Mountains.

It is a left tributary of the river Saryjaz (Aksu in China).

It is 62 kilometres (39 mi) long, has a drainage basin of 1,739 square kilometres (671 sq mi), and its annual average flow rate is 30.0 m3/s (1,060 cu ft/s).

[1][2] The only populated place on its banks is the mining village Engilchek, near its confluence with the Saryjaz.