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The Talas (/ t ɑː ˈ l ɑː s /; Kyrgyz and Kazakh: Талас) is a river that rises in the Talas Region of Kyrgyzstan and flows west into Kazakhstan. The river is 661 kilometres (411 mi) long and has a basin area of 52,700 square kilometres (20,300 sq mi).
The Talas Region is a U-shaped valley open to the west. The northern border is defined by the Kyrgyz Ala-Too, which also forms the Chuy Region's southern border. At the eastern end, the Talas Ala-Too Range splits off and marks the southern border. The river Talas flows through the center of the valley.
Map of Transoxiana, with the Talas River in the upper right. The exact location of the battle has not been confirmed but is believed to be near Taraz and Talas, on the border between present-day Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The Chinese name 怛羅斯; Dáluósī was first seen in the account of Xuanzang.
Taraz (Kazakh: Тараз (listen ⓘ); also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Talas River; Tamga (river) Tar (Kyrgyzstan) Ters (river) Tong (river)
To the north is the Talas River valley, and, to the south, Jalal-Abad Region. The highest point is Mount Manas (4484m) near the Uzbek border. There are four major passes along the range. Ötmök pass (closed in winter) is the road entrance from the east.
Talas is a town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, located in the Talas river valley between two mountain ranges. [1] Its area is 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi), [2] and its resident population was 40,308 in 2021. [3] It is the administrative headquarters of Talas Region. The town was founded by East Slavic settlers in 1877. [4]
It lies on the north slopes of the Talas Alatoo mountain range, and covers the basins of the rivers Karabuura, Kümüshtak and Ürmaral (all left tributaries of the river Talas). [2] Established in 1973, it covers 130 thousand hectares. [2]