Chon Naryn

Chon Naryn, the Great Naryn, drains a high mountain basin in the central Tian Shan. Snow and glaciers feed its headwaters, which descend from the Ak-Shyyrak highlands and join the Little Naryn to form the Naryn River. The river then flows west toward Fergana, where its waters eventually enter the Syr Darya. Steep ridges and cold upland valleys surround the upper course, contrasting with the warmer cultivated lowlands far downstream.