Chu
The Chu is a river in northern Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan. Of its total length of 1,067 kilometres, the first 115 kilometres are in Kyrgyzstan, then for 221 kilometres the river serves as the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and the last 731 kilometres are in Kazakhstan.
- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 124 metres (407 feet)
- Description: river in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
- Also known as“Chu R.”“Chu River”“Chüy”“R. Chu”“R. Shū”“River Chu”“River Shū”“Shū”“Shū R.”“Shū River”
Chu
- Categories
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
44.9775° or 44° 58′ 39″ north
Longitude
67.71056° or 67° 42′ 38″ east
Open location code
8JP9XPG6+X6
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Chu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تشو”
- Armenian: “Չու”
- Asturian: “Ríu Chu”
- Azerbaijani: “Çu çayı”
- Azerbaijani: “Çüy çayı”
- Bashkir: “Сөй (йылға)”
- Bashkir: “Сөй”
- Basque: “Txu ibaia”
- Basque: “Txu”
- Belarusian: “Чу”
- Bulgarian: “Чу”
- Catalan: “Şu”
- Catalan: “Txu”
- Cebuano: “Chu River”
- Cebuano: “Shū”
- Chinese: “楚河”
- Chinese: “碎叶河”
- Chuvash: “Чу”
- Croatian: “Ču”
- Czech: “Ču”
- Dutch: “Čùj”
- Dutch: “Tsjoej”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تشو”
- Estonian: “Tšüj jõgi”
- Finnish: “Şu”
- French: “R. Tchou”
- French: “Tchou”
- Georgian: “ჩუ (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “ჩუ”
- German: “Çüy”
- German: “Schu”
- German: “Şu”
- German: “Tschu”
- German: “Tschüi”
- Hebrew: “נהר צ’ו”
- Hebrew: “צ’ו”
- Hindi: “चुय नदी”
- Hungarian: “Chu”
- Hungarian: “Csu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Chu”
- Irish: “Shū”
- Italian: “Ču”
- Japanese: “シュ川”
- Japanese: “チュイ川”
- Japanese: “チュ川”
- Kazakh: “Shu”
- Kazakh: “Шу”
- Kirghiz: “Чүй”
- Korean: “추강”
- Latin: “Czu”
- Lithuanian: “Ču”
- Low German: “Çüy”
- Low German: “Schu”
- Low German: “Şu”
- Low German: “Tschu”
- Low German: “Tschüi”
- Malayalam: “ചു നദി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsju”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsju”
- Norwegian: “Tsju”
- Persian: “رودخانه چو”
- Polish: “Czu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Chu”
- Russian: “Чу”
- Russian: “Шу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ču”
- South Azerbaijani: “چو چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Chu”
- Spanish: “Río Chu”
- Swedish: “Tju”
- Tajik: “Чу”
- Tatar: “Чөй”
- Turkish: “Çu Nehri”
- Turkish: “Çüy Nehri”
- Uighur: “چۇ دەرياسى”
- Ukrainian: “Чу”
- Uzbek: “Chu”
- Venetian: “Fiume Chu”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Chuy”
- Welsh: “Afon Chu”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Chu”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Urochishche Beskulan and Urochishche Bestamak.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Akzhaykyn and Kladbishche Zhanaozek.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.