The Asa (, ''Asa'') is a river of

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 th ...

Course

The river has its source in the

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. It flows through lakes Bilikol and Akkol. Further downstream it vanishes in the

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 protecte ...

before reaching the river Talas. The river is long and has a basin area of .Асса

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