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Asa River (Kazakhstan)
The Asa (, ''Asa'') is a river of Kazakhstan. Course The river has its source in the Karatau Mountains. It flows through lakes Bilikol and Akkol. Further downstream it vanishes in the Muyunkum Desert before reaching the river Talas. The river is long and has a basin area of . Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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Karatau Mountains
The Karatau or Qaratau (, ) is a mountain range located in southern Kazakhstan. The mountains have deposits of phosphorite, lead, and zinc. Name () is Kazakh for the "Black Mountain" or "Mountain Range". The English name derives from accounts of Russian exploration of the area. Geography The range extends for about in a roughly NW/SE direction just north of the Syr Darya. The Muyunkum Desert lies to the north of the range. The Karatau is the westernmost prolongation of the Tian Shan. The summits of the mountains are smooth and the slopes are cut by snow-fed rivers. The Shabakty, Kyrshabakty, Ushbas, Bugun and Asa, are among the rivers having their sources in the range. World Heritage Status There are numerous ancient archaeological sites in the range that display the stages of cultural evolution from the early Paleolithic Age (1 million BP) to the Neolithic Age (6500 BP). This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on September 24, 1998 in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muyunkum Desert
The Moiynkum Desert (, ''Moiynqūm''), is a desert in the Turkistan and Zhambyl regions of southern Kazakhstan. Common plant types in the desert include saksaul, milkvetch, mugwort and sedge. The Andasay State Nature Reserve is a protected area that was established in 1966. Geography The Moiynkum Desert is limited by the Chu River to the north and east and the Karatau and Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain ranges to the south and southeast. Its elevation ranges from in the northern sector to in the southeast. River Chu flows at the northern edge of the desert, with lakes Kokuydynkol and Zhalanash close to the left side of its channel. In wet years the Chu may reach the endorheic salt lake Akzhaykyn in the Ashchykol Depression, at the western end of the desert. The Akzhar lake group is located in the southern area.Муюнкум '' |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to the China–Kazakhstan border, east, Kyrgyzstan to the Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan border, southeast, Uzbekistan to the Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border, south, and Turkmenistan to the Kazakhstan–Turkmenistan border, southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, while the largest city and leading cultural and commercial hub is Almaty. Kazakhstan is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, ninth-largest country by land area and the largest landlocked country. Steppe, Hilly plateaus and plains account for nearly half its vast territory, with Upland and lowland, lowlands composing another third; its southern and eastern frontiers are composed of low mountainous regions. Kazakhstan has a population of 20 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilikol
Bilikol (; ) is a freshwater lake in the Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan. The lake lies northwest of the city of Taraz. Its waters are used by the surrounding communities to irrigate crops. Geography Lake Bilikol has a shape that roughly reminds of an hourglass. Lying in a tectonic depression on the northern slope of the Karatau Mountains, it is part of the Talas basin. The Asa river flows through the lake entering it from the east and flowing out from the north. The shores of the lake are sandy in places.Асса '''' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Akkol
Akkol is a lake in the Talas District, Zhambyl Region, southern Kazakhstan. It is located close to the southwest of Akkol village. In the summer, the lakeshores are a vacationing spot. There are two ways to translate the toponym: most often its meaning is "white lake" in the Kazakh language. Geography The lake is roughly by and lies at an altitude of above sea level. Its depth ranges from to . Ashchykol lies to the northwest. The Asa River flows into Akkol, after flowing out of lake Bilikol located to the south of the lake. Lake Akkol freezes from late December to late March.Google Earth Fauna The main fish species in the lake are bream, carp, crucian carp, roach, and zander.''Kazakhstan National encyclopedia'' / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev - Almaty, "Kazakh encyclopedia" General editor, 1998, ISBN 5-89800-123-9, Volume II References External linksMaryashev Monuments of Semirechye archeology and their use in excursions-Almaty, 2002{{Lakes of Kazakhstan, state=autocol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Losing Stream
A losing stream, disappearing stream, influent stream or sinking river is a stream or river that loses water as it flows downstream. The water infiltrates into the ground recharging the local groundwater, because the water table is below the bottom of the stream channel. This is the opposite of a more common ''gaining stream'' (or ''effluent stream'') which increases in water volume farther downstream as it gains water from the local aquifer. Losing streams are common in arid areas due to the climate which results in huge amounts of water evaporating from the river generally towards the mouth. Losing streams are also common in regions of karst topography where the streamwater may be completely captured by a cavern system, becoming a subterranean river. Examples There are many natural examples of subterranean rivers including: Bosnia and Herzegovina * Unac; Mušnica- Trebišnjica- Krupa/ Ombla (Trebišnjica is considered to be one of the largest sinking rivers in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talas (river)
The Talas (; Kyrgyz and ) is a river that rises in the Talas Region of Kyrgyzstan and flows west into Kazakhstan. The river is long and has a basin area of . Course It is formed from the confluence of the Karakol and the Uch-Koshoy and flows roughly west and northwest. It runs through the city of Taraz in Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan and vanishes in the Muyunkum Desert before reaching Lake Aydyn. The Ili, Chu and Talas are three steppe rivers that flow west and then north-west. The Ili rises in Xinjiang, flows west to a point north of Lake Issyk Kul and then turns north-west to reach Lake Balkash. The Chu rises west of Lake Issyk Kul, flows out into the steppe and dries up before reaching the Syr Darya. The Talas starts west and south of the Chu, flows west and north-west, but dries up before reaching the Chu. History During the Battle of Talas (named after the river) in 751, the Abbasid force defeated the Tang Chinese forces led by the General Gao Xianzhi over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Encyclopedia'' in an updated and revised form. The GSE claimed to be "the first Marxist–Leninist general-purpose encyclopedia". Origins The idea of the ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' emerged in 1923 on the initiative of Otto Schmidt, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In early 1924 Schmidt worked with a group which included Mikhail Pokrovsky, (rector of the Institute of Red Professors), Nikolai Meshcheryakov (Former head of the General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press, Glavit, the State Administration of Publishing Affairs), Valery Bryusov (poet), Veniamin Kagan (mathematician) and Konstantin Kuzminsky to draw up a proposal which was agreed to in April 1924. Also involved was Anatoly Lunacharsky, People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
