Sarysu (river)

The Sarysu (Kazakh: Сарысу, Sarysý; Russian: Сарысу́, Sarysu) is a river in central 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 Atasu and flows generally westward to Kzyl-Dzhar where it turns south-westward past Birlestik and Zhanabas, 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.

This article is about the river in Kazakhstan. For the river in Turkmenistan and northern Iran, see Sumbar River.
Sarysu
Map showing the course of the Sarysu
Location
CountryKazakhstan
Physical characteristics
MouthTeliköl
 • coordinates
45°12′39″N 66°36′28″E
Length671 km (417 mi)
Basin size81,600 km2 (31,500 sq mi)

References
  1. Сарысу, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2.  "Сары-су" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
  3. Сырдарья (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. Kropotkin, Peter; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). "Turkestan" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 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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