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- ↑ "Water Reservoirs in Kyrgyzstan". Advantour. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Reservoirs of Kyrgyzstan" (PDF). CA Water. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Morphometric characteristics of large reservoirs of Kyrgyzstan" (in Russian). Welcome.kg. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
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