The Talgar () is a river in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. It has a length of and a drainage basin of .Google Earth
The Talgar flows by the town of Talgar, the administrative center of Talgar District.ATAMEKEN: Geographical encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. ISBN 9965-893-70-5
Course The Talgar river originates at the confluence of rivers Left Talgar and Right Talgar, which have their sources in a glacier area of the Trans-Ili Alatau range, part of the Tian Shan. It flows northwards through a valley with steep slopes. About midway down its course, it descends into a floodplain. Since 1970 the river has had its mouth on the southern lakeshore of the Kapchagay Reservoir.
The Talgar is seasonally prone to floods. A string of small dams has been built in its last stretch, along with a network of irrigation channels. See also List of rivers of Kazakhstan
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The Great Silk Road in Central and Eastern Kazakhstan