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The Emba (Kazakh: Ембі Embı or Жем Jem, Russian: Эмба) in west Kazakhstan rises in the Mugodzhar Hills and flows into the Caspian Sea. It is 712 kilometres (442 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 40,400 square kilometres (15,600 sq mi).[1] It flows through the north of the Ust-Urt plateau, and reaches the Caspian by a series of shallow lagoons, which were navigable in the 18th century. The lower course traverses an area of salt domes and the petroleum-rich Emba fields. It is sometimes regarded as a definition for the natural boundary between Europe and Asia.

Emba
Mouth location in Kazakhstan
Location
Country	Kazakhstan
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Caspian Sea
• coordinates	46°37′42″N 53°19′02″E
Length	712 km (442 mi)
Basin size	40,400 km2 (15,600 sq mi)

In its upper course, the Emba is a small river, its valley barely over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) wide. Lower down, after the waters of the Temir River flow into it, the Emba's valleys widen to almost 7 kilometres (4 mi). The Emba flows in a single channel, only breaking off into little arms in places. But around 100 kilometres (62 mi) before it enters the Caspian Sea, it breaks off in places to form several lakes, which are connected to each other through slender channels that only run during flooding. The Emba is a snow-fed river. It freezes over in winter, a process that begins in November and lasts until March.[2]

Oil basin

The oil basin of the Emba lies between the Mugodzhar Hills in the east and the Volga in the west. This area was known since olden days as maily kiyan, which means the land blessed with miracle oil. The British merchant Gok mentioned in the mid-17th century that during his travels he came to a spring near the Emba River that spouted oil instead of water.[2] Between 1919 and 1921 the Bolsheviks tried to build the Algemba railway and pipeline from Alexandrov Gay, so as to provide a means of conveying the oil from the recently captured oil field to the centre of Russia. However, due to logistical problems, the project failed with substantial loss of life.[3]

Places on the banks of the Emba

• Embi (town)
• Zhem (town)

References

На других языках

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[de] Emba

Die Emba (kasachisch Ембі .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Jembi oder Жем Schem; russisch Эмба Emba) ist ein 712 km langer Fluss im Westen Kasachstans.

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- [en] Emba (river)

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[es] Río Emba

El río Emba (en kazajo, Ембі ó Жем; en ruso, Эмба) es un largo río que discurre por el oeste de Kazajistán. Tiene una longitud de 725 km y drena una cuenca de 40 400 km².

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[it] Emba

L'Emba (in lingua kazaka: Ембі ou Жем, traslitterati: Embі o Zhem) è un fiume di 640 km che scorre nel Kazakistan. Nasce dai Monti Mugodžary, attraversa l'Altopiano di Ustyurt, e sbocca nel Mar Caspio settentrionale a est del fiume Ural, in zona steppica e desertica, priva d'acqua. Dalle zone del corso inferiore si estraggono cospicue quantità di petrolio. È considerato secondo una diffusa convenzione come confine tra Europa ed Asia; il primo a considerarlo tale fu il cartografo svedese Philip Johan von Strahlenberg nel 1725.

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[ru] Эмба (река)

Э́мба (каз. Жем) — река в Актюбинской и Атырауской областях Казахстана.

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