Sight

Kokkya canyon

Koel Suu lake
B. Asakunov for Nomad's Land

Naryn RegionKyrgyzstan • 3300 m

The canyon of Kokkya (Kok-Kya or Kok-Kiya or Kökkyia) is located in the Ak-Say bassin of the Naryn region, at the distance of about 100 km from Naryn city. Meanders of the Kokkya river is about 40 km long, where series of cliffs cut the plateau of Kapshigay before to flew into the Kakshal river, some km before to cross the Chinese border. The river originates in the mountains of Köl Too and Sary Beles and the mystic lake Köl-Suu (Koel-Suu or Kel-Suu).

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