You are here

Home » Issyk-Kul region nature. Terskey Ala-Too landscapes in mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

Gorge Dzhety-Oguz.

Tours to gorge Dzhety-Oguz.

“To travel is to live” 

Hans Christian Andersen.

Tours from Bishkek to Dzhety-Oguz gorge.

The gorge Dzhety-Oguz - the second mountain site of the Issyk-Kul reserve. Dzhety-Oguz the gorge is on a northern slope of Ridge Terskey Ala-Too in Dzhety-Oguzsky district of the Issyk-Kul region. The gorge cuts a northern slope of Ridge Terskey Ala-Too in the meridional direction.
The gorge on 37 kilometers from a water separate strip of Ridge Terskey Ala-Too to the mountain plain in a southeast part of the Issyk-Kul hollow is stretched. On average a watercourse Dzhety-Oguz is an intermountain hollow Kek-Dzhayyk having the form of a symmetric hollow.
The bottom is inclined towards the floodplain of the river Dzhety-Oguz, poorly dismembered, height above sea level 2300 - 2500 meters. The steep slopes dismembered by deep river valleys. From the North a hollow Kek-Dzhayyk borders the mid-mountain ridge.
From a hollow Kek-Dzhayyk to a water separate strip - the mountain site of the gorge (4200 - 4900 meters above sea level above). Relief: narrow crests, penalties trough valleys, moraines, 25 modern glaciers with a total area of 33,1 kilometer square, traces of the Pleistocene glaciers.
From the northern foot of the ridge Kek- Dzhayyk  to the mountain plain - the low mountain site of the gorge (to 2500 meters). Gentle slopes, are dismembered by numerous dry gorges and ravines. A bottom wide to 300 - 400 meters with well expressed floodplain.
The gorge - an erosive origin, certain sites arose at different times. The hollow Kek-Dzhayyk arose till quarternary time. Works on protection and cultivation of the woods are carried out to the gorge. In the gorge the resort of Dzhety-Ogyuz is located.

The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.The gorge Dzhety-Oguz and environs.

Authority:
 Kyrgyzstan. “Mysl” publishing house. G. The Moscov. 1970

Photos by
Alexander Petrov.