The Sherubainura (; ) is a river in the

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. It is long and has a catchment area of . The river is the main tributary of the Nura. It freezes between November and April. The main settlements near its banks are Rostovka, Kyzylzhar, and Tegiszhol.

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The Sherubainura has its sources near the western slopes of the

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range of the central

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. It heads roughly northwestwards among mountains all along its course. Its main tributaries are the Karamys,

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, Tumatai, Kyzylkoi, Topar and Sokyr. There are three dams in the river, the Zhartas, the Krasnopolyanskoye and the Sherubaynura Dam. Finally, the Sherubainura reaches the Nura and enters it from the left bank near Zhanatalap (formerly Molodetskoye).

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The valley is wide and the river channel is steep, with a width of on average and rocks protruding above the surface. The deepest parts reach . The river is fed by rainfall and groundwater.''Atameken'' Geographical Encyclopedia.

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Fauna

The main fish species in the Sherubainura include

roach Roach or The Roach may refer to: Animals * Cockroach, various insect species of the order Blattodea * Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae ** ''Rutilus'' or roaches, a genus of fishes * Cal ...

, ide,

Prussian carp The Prussian carp, silver Prussian carp or Gibel carp (''Carassius gibelio'') is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, goldfish, and the smaller minnows. It is a medium-sized cyprinid, and d ...

pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

and

tench The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a freshwater, fresh- and brackish water, brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Great Britain, Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far ...

. There are also

crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through feather-like gills. Some spe ...

in some stretches.

References

External links

*
Kuldeeva E. M. ''On the artificial replenishment of groundwater reserves in the Sherubai-Nur valley in Central Kazakhstan''
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan Rivers of Kazakhstan Karaganda Region Tengiz basin

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