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river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
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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 ...
, arranged by drainage basin. Tributaries are listed in order from mouth to source.
Flowing into the
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...
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Irtysh (''Ertis'') River
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Tobol
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Ubagan
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Ayat
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Uy
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Syntasty
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Ishim
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Imanburlyq
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Aqqanburlyq
The Aqqanburlyq ( kk, Аққанбұрлық, ''Aqqanbūrlyq'') is a river of the North Kazakhstan Region
North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Север ...
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Terisaqqan
The Terisaqqan ( kk, Терісаққан, ''Terısaqqan''; russian: Терсаккан, ''Tersakkan'') is a river of northern Kazakhstan. A left tributary of the Ishim, it is long and has a basin area of .[Qalqutan
The Qalqutan ( kk, Қалқұтан, ''Qalqūtan''; russian: Колутон, ''Koluton'') is a river of the Akmola Region, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central ...]
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Shagan
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Ashchysu
The Ashchysu ( kk, Ащысу) is a river in the Abai Region, Kazakhstan and a tributary of the Shagan, of the Irtysh basin. The river is long and the area of its basin is .Google Earth
Geography
The Ashchysu has its sources in the northeas ...
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Uba
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Ulba
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Bukhtarma
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Lukina
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Naryn
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Kürshim
Flowing into
endorheic basin
An endorheic basin (; also spelled endoreic basin or endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes ...
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Caspian Depression
The Caspian Depression ( kk, Каспий маңы ойпаты, ''Kaspıı mańy oıpaty''; rus, Прикаспи́йская ни́зменность, p=prʲɪkɐˈspʲijskəjə ˈnʲizmʲɪnnəsʲtʲ, Caspian Lowland) or Pricaspian/Peri-Casp ...
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Volga River
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchme ...
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Akhtuba (''distributary'')
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Kigach (''distributary'')
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Ural River
The Ural (russian: Урал, ), known before 1775 as Yaik (russian: Яик, ba, Яйыҡ, translit=Yayıq, ; kk, Жайық, translit=Jaiyq, ), is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in the continental border between Europe and Asia ...
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Shagan
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Utva (''Shynghyrlau'')
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Ilek
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Kargaly
Kargaly is a copper mining-metallurgical district in the southern Urals of Russia. Prehistoric sites in Kargaly form a large and unique complex, especially when compared to neighboring metal production centers or the more distant ancient centers ...
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Bolshoy Uzen (''Ülken Özen'')
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Maly Uzen (''Kishi Özen'')
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Emba
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Aschiagar River
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Saghyz
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Uil
Aral Sea
Syr Darya
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Sarysu
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Chu (''Shu'')
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Talas
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Asa
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Ak-Suu
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Kichi-Kemin
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Bögen
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Arys
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Badam
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Sayramsu
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Mashat
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Boralday
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Keles :
Keles is a town and district of Bursa Province in the Marmara region of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the An ...
Akkol
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Uly-Zhylanshyk
Shalkarteniz
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Turgay
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Irgiz
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Ulkayak
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Tegene
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Zhyngyldyozek
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Kalmakkyrgan
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Baikonyr
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Zhymyky
Lake Tengiz
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Nura
Balkhash-Alakol Basin
The Balkhash-Alakol Basin or Balkhash-Alakol Depression( kk, Балқаш-Алакөл ойысы; rus, Балхаш-Алакольская котловина), is a flat structural basin in southeastern Kazakhstan.
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Ili
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Charyn
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Chilik
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Esentai
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Karatal
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Koksu
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Büyen
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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 ...
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Lepsy
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Aksu (Lake Balkhash)
The Aksu ( kk, Ақсу, ''Aqsu''; russian: Аксу) is a river of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, Kazakhstan. It originates in the Dzungarian Alatau Mountains near the border with China and flows into Lake Balkhash. In Turkic languages, the name ' ...
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Ayagöz
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Issyk
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Tokrau
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Bakanas
Lake Alakol
Alakol Lake ( kk, Алакөл, , from Turkic "motley lake") is a lake located in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, part of the Almaty and Shyghyz regions, east central Kazakhstan. Its elevation is above sea level.
The lake is the northwest extensio ...
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Emil
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Urzhar
Lake Shaganak
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Shiderti
Lake Siletiteniz
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Sileti
The Sileti ( kk, Сілеті; russian: Силети) is a river in Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the Akmola, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan.
C ...
Bolshoy Azhbulat
Bolshoy Azhbulat ( kk, Үлкен Әжболат; russian: Большой Ажбулат) is a bittern (salt), bittern salt lake in Uspen District, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake lies to the NNE of Pavlodar town, and west of Lozovoe (Pavl ...
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Burla
Lake Zhalanashkol
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Terekty
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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 ...
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