page_title: Alay Valley
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: Alay Valley / See also
caption_attribution_description: Topographic map of Tajikistan. Created with GMT from SRTM data
context_page_description: The Alay Valley is a broad, dry valley running east–west across most of southern Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan. It spreads over a length of 174 km east–west. The valley extends in north–south direction with varying width of 27 km in the west, 40 km - in the central part, and 3-7 km - in the east. The altitude of the valley ranges from 2,440 m near Karamyk to 3536 m at Toomurun Pass with an average altitude of about 3000 m. The area of the valley is 8400 km². The north side is the Alay Mountains which slope down to the Ferghana Valley. The south side is the Trans-Alay Range along the Tajikistan border, with Lenin Peak. The western 40 km or so is more hills than valley. On the east there is the low Tongmurun pass and then more valley leading to the Irkestam border crossing to China.
  The eastern Kyzyl-Suu flows from the Tongmurun rise past Irkestam toward Kashgar. The western Kyzyl-Suu flows west from the Tongmurun rise and drains most of the valley, flowing on the north side. It exits through the Karamyk pass and a gorge into Tajikistan, where, under the name of the Vakhsh River it flows southwest into the Amu Darya. Highway A371 runs along the valley.
context_section_description: The Alai Valley in Pakistan is east of Besham.  The population is mostly Pathan and lived under their own nawab until the late 1970s.
caption: (double click) The Alay valley is between 72 and 74E at 39.5 north
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