The Qapal ( kk, Қапал, ''Qapal'') is a river of
Almaty Province
Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...
, south-eastern
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. It is a tributary of the
Qyzylaghash, which ends in the plains south of
Lake Balkhash
Lake Balkhash ( kk, Балқаш көлі, ''Balqaş kóli'', ; russian: озеро Балхаш, ozero Balkhash) is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the ea ...
. The main settlement on the river is the village
Qapal
Kapal ( kz, Қапал), formerly known as ''Kopal'' (russian: Копал), is a village in Aksu District in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. It is situated on the Kapal River. Until 1921, it was an uyezd center of the Semirechye Obl ...
.
Rivers of Kazakhstan
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