The Baikonyr or Baiqoñyr (; ) is a river in the
Ulytau District,
Ulytau Region
Ulytau Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the region is the city of Jezkazgan. The area split off from Karaganda Region in 2022.
The region's borders roughly correspond to the western half of the old Jezkazgan R ...
,
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 ...
.
It has a length of and a
drainage basin
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of .
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The river flows by the village of
Baiqoñyr.
Ancient
petroglyphs
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have been found on rocks along both banks of the river.
Course
The Baikonyr river has its origin at the confluence of the Kurambai and Aktas rivers in the southwestern slopes of the
Ulytau Range. It heads roughly southwestwards within a valley, having a maximum width of to the northeast of the
Kalmakkyrgan. In its final stretch, it flows roughly westwards, bending northwestwards to end up in the southeastern end of the
Shubarteniz lake, to the south of the mouth of the
Zhymyky.
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The Baikonyr is fed by winter snowfall. In the spring its water is fresh, but it turns salty as the flow diminishes, and in the summer it dries largely up, breaking up into small pools.[''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5]
See also
*List of rivers of Kazakhstan
This is a list of rivers of Kazakhstan, arranged by drainage basin. Tributaries are listed in order from mouth to source. Flowing into the Arctic Ocean Ob Irtysh (''Ertis'') River
*Tobol
** Ubagan
** Ayat
** Uy
** Syntasty
* Ishim
** Imanburlyq
* ...
References
External links
Сердце Казахстана — Улытау
(in Russian)
Пресс-релиз — Аральское море
(in Russian)
Туристско-научная экспедиция - Казахстанская правда
(in Russian)
(in Russian)
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan
Rivers of Kazakhstan
Ulytau Region
Shalkarteniz basin