The Shabakty ( kk, Шабақты; russian: Шабакты) is a river in southern

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...

. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . Google Earth The river flows across

Sarysu District Sarysu ( kk, Сарысу ауданы, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Janatas. It Geography The district is named after the Sarysu River. Parts of it are ...

of the

Zhambyl Region Jambyl or Zhambyl Region ( kk, Жамбыл облысы, translit=Jambyl oblysy; russian: Жамбылская область, Zhambylskaya oblast), formerly known as Dzhambul Region (russian: Джамбульская область, Dzhambulska ...

. There are two inhabited places by the riverbank,

Saudakent Saudakent (), known as ''Baikadam'' until 1993, is a town located in the Sarysu District, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of Baikadam rural district (КАТО code — 316033100). Demographics According to the 2009 Kazakhstan census, the ...

near the mouth and Aktogay in the upper course. The water of the river is used by local households and for irrigating crops.

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The Shabakty river has its origin in a spring of the northern slopes of the

Karatau Range The Karatau or Qaratau ( kk, Қаратау жотасы, Qarataw jotasy) is a mountain range located in southern Kazakhstan. The name Karatau means ''Black Mountain'' in the Kazakh language. The mountains have deposits of phosphorite, lead and ...

. It heads roughly northwestwards down a canyon with steep sides. The bottom of the river channel is pebbly and the water is fresh and clean.Общая характеристика и классификация природных кормовых угодий Байкадамского сельского округа Жамбылской области
/ref> In its final stretch its valley widens and the river bends and flows roughly northwards, parallel to the

Ushbas The Ushbas ( kk, Үшбас) is a river in southern Kazakhstan. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . Google Earth The river flows across Sarysu district of the Zhambyl Region and Sozak District of the Turkistan Region. It has its mouth ...

river to the west. Finally the Shabakty ends up in the southeastern shore of

Akzhar Akzhar ( kk, Ақжар; russian: Акжар) is a salt lake group in the Zhambyl and Turkistan regions, Kazakhstan. The lakes lie northwest of Saudakent town and northeast of Kumkent. The Akzhar lake zone includes a Important Bird Area. G ...

lake. The river is fed mainly by rain, snow and

groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available freshwater in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidat ...

. In the summer, when the riverbed dries, the river doesn't reach the salt lake cluster. The long

Kyrshabakty The Kyrshabakty ( kk, Қыршабақты) is a river in southern Kazakhstan. It is a right tributary of the Shabakty, with a length of and a drainage basin of .Google Earth The river flows across Sarysu District of the Zhambyl Region. There a ...

(Қыршабақты), also known as Bugun (Бугунь), from the right and the long Burkittі (Бүркітті), joining it from the left, are the main tributaries of the Shabakty.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' Vol. 9, part 18 / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. —

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

: «Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

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Географическая точка Каньон Шабакты
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan Rivers of Kazakhstan Jambyl Region Endorheic basins of Asia kk:Шабақты

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