Esil
Esil (, ''Esıl''; ) is a town in northern-central Kazakhstan. The seat of Esil District in Aqmola Region, it is located on the right bank of the Ishim River
The Ishim (; ) is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia. It is long, and h ...
districts,
North Kazakhstan Region
North Kazakhstan Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan, with a population of 522,171. Its capital is Petropavl, with a population of 221,907 people. It is the only region of Kazakhstan in which ethnic Kazakhs don't make up a majority.
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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 is long and has a catchment area of .
Until 1865 the Kamysakty formed the uppermost stretch of the
Kamyshlov
Kamyshlov or Qamışlı (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Pyshma River (Ob River, Ob's drainage basin, basin) at its confluence with the Kamyshlov (river), Kamy ...
, a former left tributary of the
Irtysh
The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world.
The river's source lies in the Altai Mountains, Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern p ...
. Its ancient valley can be traced by a residual chain of lakes for almost all the way to the Irtysh. The river is currently part of the Ishim Water Management Basin.
Course
The Kamysakty belongs to the Ishim River basin. It has its sources on the northwestern slopes of the
Kokshetau Hills
The Kokshetau Hills (; ) is a system of mountains of moderate altitude in the North Kazakhstan Region and Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.Ulken Koskol. The river heads roughly northwards most of its course. In its final stretch it bends northeastwards and enters the southwestern shore of lake
Ulken Torangyl
Ulken Torangyl (; ) is a lake in Esil District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
The lake is located to the SSW of Yavlenka town, the administrative center of the district. Korneyevka lies near the eastern lakeshore.
Geography
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Almaty
Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...
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The width of the river valley is between and . The channel is between and , with the banks bound by low cliffs in stretches. These are not higher than . Kamysakty is fed mainly by snow. During seasonal summer droughts the river stops flowing and breaks up into pools along its entire length.
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Kamyshlov Log
The Kamyshlov Log ( or ''Урочище Камышловский лог''; ), is the river valley, valley of a disappeared river in Siberia. Administratively it falls within Omsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, of the Russian Federation, as w ...
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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
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