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north-eastward, until, after emerging from the mountains, it meets the Kungez; and then, assuming the name of Ili, it turns westwards and flows between the Trans-Ili See also:

Ala-tau mountains on the See also:

south and the Borokhoro and Talki ranges on the north for about 300 M. to Iliysk. The valley between 79° 30' and 82° E. is 50 M. wide, and the portion above the See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

KULJA (Chinese, Ili-ho)

Kulja (Old Kulja) is fertile and populous, Taranchi villages following each other in rapid See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, and the pastures being well stocked with See also:

sheep and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and horses. 'At Iliysk the See also:

RIVER

river turns north-See also:

west, and after traversing a region of See also:

DESERT

desert and See also:

marsh falls by at least seven mouths into the See also:

BALKASH, or BALKHASH (called by the Kirghiz Ak-denghiz or Ala-denghiz and by the Chinese Si-hai)

Balkash Lake, the first bifurcation of the See also:

DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta taking See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place about 115 M. Up the river. But it is only the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the delta that permanently carries See also:

WATER

water. The See also:

TOTAL

total length of the river is over 900 m. From Old Kulja to New Kulja the Ili is navigable for at most only two and a See also:

HALF

half months in the See also:

YEAR

year, and even then considerable difficulty is occasioned by the shoals and sandbanks. From New Kulja to Iliysk (280 m.) See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation is easy when the water is high, and practicable even at its lowest for small boats.

At Iliysk there is a See also:

ferry on the road from Kopal to See also:

VYERNYI (formerly ALMATY)

Vyernyi. The principal tributaries of the Ili are the Kash, Chilik and Charyn. A vast number of streams flow towards it from the mountains on both sides, but most of them are used up by the See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation canals and never reach their See also:

GOAL

goal. The See also:

WEALTH

wealth of See also:

COAL

coal in the valley is said to be See also:

GREAT

great, and when the See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese owned the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country they worked See also:

gold and See also:

SILVER

silver with profit. Fort Ili or Iliysk, a See also:

MODERN

modern Russian See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment, must not be confounded with Ili, the old See also:

capital of the Chinese province of the same name. The latter, otherwise known as Hoi-yuan-chen, New Kulja (Gulja), or Manchu Kulja, was formerly a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of 70,000 in-habitants, but now lies completely deserted. Old Kulja, Tatar Kulja or Nin-yuan, is now the principal town of the See also:

DISTRICT

district. The Chinese district of Ili formerly included the whole of the valley of the Ili river as far as Issyk-kul, but now only its upper See also:

PART

part. Its See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

AREA

area is about 27,000 sq. m. and its See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population probably 70,000. It belongs administratively to the province of See also:

Sin-kiang or See also:

East See also:

Turkestan.

End of Article: ILI

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