Terekty River

Terekty (Kusak) Теректi / 铁列克提河
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Location
Countries	China, Kazakhstan
Physical characteristics
Source	Kertau
• coordinates	45°46′00″N 82°47′00″E / 45.76667°N 82.78333°E / 45.76667; 82.78333
Mouth	Zhalanashkol
• coordinates	45°36′00″N 82°10′00″E / 45.60000°N 82.16667°E / 45.60000; 82.16667

The Terekty River (Kazakh: Теректi өзенi, Russian: река Теректы), also known under the Sinified spelling Tielieketi (Chinese: 铁列克提河; pinyin: Tiělièkètí hé), is a small river that flows from China to Kazakhstan. In its lower course the river is also known as the Kusak (Kazakh: Қусақ, Russian: Кусак, Chinese: 库萨克; pinyin: Kùsàkè). Along most of its course, the river flows through the very sparsely populated mountainous terrain of the southern part of Xinjiang's Yumin County; by the time it crosses the China–Kazakhstan border and enters a flat desert east of Lake Zhalanashkol, its bed is usually dry, with little water ever reaching Lake Zhalanashkol.

The Terekty is mainly known as the site of a Sino-Soviet border conflict that occurred in August 1969.