Sarysu (river)
| Sarysu | |
|---|---|
 Map showing the course of the Sarysu | |
| Location | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 45°12′39″N 66°36′28″E / 45.21083°N 66.60778°ECoordinates: 45°12′39″N 66°36′28″E / 45.21083°N 66.60778°E |
| Length | 671 km (417 mi) |
| Basin size | 81,600 km2 (31,500 sq mi) |
The Sarysu (Kazakh: Сарысу, Sarysu; Russian: Сарысу́, Sarysu) is a river in Karaganda and Kyzylorda Regions of Kazakhstan. It is 671 kilometres (417 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 81,600 square kilometres (31,500 sq mi).[1] It arises above and flows generally westward to where it turns south-westward past and , then heading ever-more southerly it ends at a series of small lakes (often dry) called Telekul or Teliköl.[2][3] In former times it was a tributary of the Syr Darya, and it may still provide some subsurface flow, but the surface flow disappears more than 100 km from the Syr Darya.[4] The name sary su means yellow water in Turkic languages.
References[]
- ^ Сарысу, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
- ^ Сырдарья (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Kropotkin, Peter; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 419.
- 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
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- Rivers of Kazakhstan
- Asia river stubs
- Kazakhstan geography stubs