The Sarysu ( kk, Сарысу, ''Sarysu''; russian: Сарысу́, ''Sarysu'') is a river in
Karaganda
Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty (Alma-Ata), Astana a ...
,
Turkistan and
Kyzylorda Regions of
Kazakhstan
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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The name ''sary su'' means ''yellow water'' in
Turkic languages
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.
Course
It arises above
Atasu Atasu may refer to:
* Atasu, Uttar Pradesh, a town in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Atasu, Kazakhstan, a town in Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan , an endpoint of Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline.
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and flows generally westward to
Kzyl-Dzhar where it turns south-westward past
Birlestik and
Zhanabas, then heading ever-more southerly it ends in the
Telikol, across a cluster of small intermittent lakes at the western end of the
Ashchykol Depression and to the east of the
Dariyaly plain.
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The long Shieli-Telikol Canal was built for irrigation, connecting the Telikol lacustrine basin to the north with the Syr Darya
The Syr Darya (, ),, , ; rus, Сырдарья́, Syrdarjja, p=sɨrdɐˈrʲja; fa, سيردريا, Sirdaryâ; tg, Сирдарё, Sirdaryo; tr, Seyhun, Siri Derya; ar, سيحون, Seyḥūn; uz, Sirdaryo, script-Latn/. historically known ...
river near Shieli.
References
* Allen, W. E. D. (1956) "The Sources for G. Delisle's "Carte des Pays Voisins de la Mer Caspiene" of 1723" ''Imago Mundi'' 13: pp. 137–150, p. 139
Rivers of Kazakhstan
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