Sarysu (river)

This article is about the river in Kazakhstan. For the river in Turkmenistan and northern Iran, see Sumbar River.

Sarysu Сарысу
ISS image of the river
Map showing the course of the Sarysu
Location
Country	Kazakhstan
Physical characteristics
Source	confluence of Zhaman-Sarysu and Zhaksy-Sarysu Kazakh Uplands
• coordinates	48°40′28″N 71°35′38″E
• elevation	477 m (1,565 ft)
Mouth	Telikol
• coordinates	45°12′39″N 66°36′28″E
• elevation	128 m (420 ft)
Length	671 km (417 mi)
Basin size	81,600 km^2 (31,500 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	7.3 m^3/s (260 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Telikol→Shieli-Telikol Canal→Syr Darya→Aral Sea

The Sarysu (Kazakh: Сарысу, Sarysu; Russian: Сарысу́, Sarysu) is a river in Karaganda, Ulytau, Turkistan, 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]

The name sary su means yellow water in Turkic languages.

Course

It arises above Zhanaarka and flows generally westward towards 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. River Boktykaryn runs parallel to it just before the Sarysu bends west towards the Telikol.^[2][3][4]

The main tributaries of the Sarysu are the Zhaman Sarysu, Zhaksy Sarysu, Surtisu, Atasu, Taldymanaka and Karakengir.^[2]

The 181 kilometers (112 mi) long Shieli-Telikol Canal was built for irrigation, connecting the Telikol lacustrine basin to the north with the Syr Darya river near Shieli.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Kazakhstan

References

1. Сарысу, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
2. "M-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 25 July 2022.
3.  "Сары-су" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
4. Сырдарья (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
5. "L-42 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 11 November 2022.

• 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

External links

• Media related to Sarysu River at Wikimedia Commons