Chilik
The Chilik, Shilik, or Shelek is a major river in the Almaty Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan, one of the largest left tributaries of the Ili, and the main waterway of southeastern Kazakhstan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kazakhstan
- Also known as: “Belluluko”, “Bolshoi Chilik”, “Chilik River”, “Kur Chilik”, “Kur-Chilik”, “Shelek”, “Shelek River”, “Shilik”, “Shilik River”, and “Uilik”
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Chilik
Village
Photo: Ilkhamseyfullaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shelek, formerly Chilik, is a town in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Administrative center of Shelek rural district, it is located in the Chilik river valley and is about 69 km north-east of the center of Esik. The KATO code is 194083100. Chilik is situated 4½ km west of Chilik.
Chilik
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Almaty Province, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Chilik” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “শিলিক নদী”
- Bulgarian: “Шилик”
- Cebuano: “Shelek”
- Chinese: “奇利克河”
- Chuvash: “Чилик”
- Czech: “Čilik”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تشيليك”
- Finnish: “Şılık”
- German: “Schilik”
- Irish: “Abhainn Chilik”
- Italian: “Chilik”
- Italian: “Şılık”
- Kazakh: “Şilik”
- Kazakh: “Шелек”
- Kazakh: “Шілік”
- Kazakh: “شىلىك”
- Malayalam: “ചിലിക് നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ჩილიკი”
- Persian: “چیلیک (رود)”
- Persian: “چیلیک”
- Polish: “Szylyk”
- Russian: “Большой Чилик”
- Russian: “Джангырык”
- Russian: “Кур-Чилик”
- Russian: “Куршилик”
- Russian: “Ульхун-Чилик”
- Russian: “Чилик”
- Russian: “Шилик”
- Turkish: “Chilik Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Чілік”
- Welsh: “Afon Chilik”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chilik”. Photo: MarchHare1977, CC BY-SA 4.0.