Jailoo
Archaly valley
- Place type
- Jailoo
- Elevation
- 2800 m
Field notes
The field account
The Archaly valley is about 45 km long, one of the confluent of the Kichi Naryn river. You will observe three type of landscape.
The lower part, where the Archaly river will flow into the Kichi Naryn river, it's a wide valley and flat meadows.
The middle part is a narrow canyon which opens on alpine landscape, the highest part of the valley, with wide meadows and icy peaks on the South, and dry and colorful mountains on the North.
The valley ends at the lake and pass Kyzyl Bel, which means in Kyrgyz language "The red back".
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Where it sits
Visual field notes
A closer look
