Pskem River

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Course of Pskem ( Пскем ) and its headwaters

The Pskem (Russian Пскем ) is a source of the river Chirchiq in the Uzbek Tashkent Province.

The Pskem arises at the confluence of Oigaing ( Ойгаинг ) and Maidantal ( Майдантал ). Both rivers have their source in the west of the Talas Alatau. The Pskem mainly runs in a southwesterly direction between two mountain ranges, the Ugam Mountains to the west and the Pskem Mountains in the east, and finally joins up with the settlement Bogustan in the Chorvoq Reservoir, which is drained by the Chirchiq. The course of the river Pskem and its watershed are located largely in Ugam - Chatkal National Park. Including his left frontal flow Oigaing the Pskem has a length of 149 km. The flow is predominantly fed by snowmelt. Between May and August he leads floods. The mean discharge ( MQ ) is 80.4 m³ / s The river suitable for rafting and kayaking.