Lakes of Kyrgyzstan

Water resources of Kyrgyzstan are one of the main national wealth playing the major role in ability to live of the person, formation of an animal and flora, development of productive forces not only our republic, but also of some areas of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, China.
In Kyrgyz there is a saying: «Эл башы болбой, суу башы бол». In English it means: «not be at the head of the people and be at the head of water». The considerable stocks of fresh water fed with glaciers, and also high mountains - here compound water resources of the country.
Huge volumes of water resources are concentrated in 6580 glaciers which stocks make about 760 billion in cubic meter. Water in glaciers differs high quality, a low mineralization and is suitable for an irrigation and water supply. The total area of all glaciers exceeds 8 thousand in sq. m. the largest square of a freezing in a river basin the Sary-jazz. Glaciers occupy 4,2 % of all territory of Kyrgyzstan. During the summer period at the expense of a glacial drain the considerable part of water resources of the rivers of high-mountainous areas is formed.