Abstract: Kyrgyzstan is one of the countries with the most abundant water resources in Central Asia, and several large regional transboundary rivers rise in it. However, as a result of dominant mountain landscape features of the land, most of fresh water resources in Kyrgyzstan is distributed in forms of alpine glaciers, lakes and deep groundwater, and the proportion of stream water in water resources is low, so it is difficult to develop fresh water resources. Spatially, there is a positive correlation between the distribution of stream water and the altitude. The lakes are mainly located in the alpine zones. The distribution of glaciers is related to the altitude and aspect. In the field of development and utilization of water resources, Kyrgyzstan is rich in hydroenergy, and some large reservoirs have been built along the rivers. In field of water utilization of society and economy, surface water is a major source, and agricultural water consumption is dominant in total water consumption and also the main factor affecting water consumption in recent years. There is also a relative shortage of irrigation water in Kyrgyzstan because of the imperfect water facilities, low water use efficiency, policies of sharing transboundary water resources, reduction of some waters, water pollution, etc. under the combined impact of both natural and artificial factors.

Key words: water resources, spatial distribution, utilization, Kyrgyzstan