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 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.

Sarysu
Map showing the course of the Sarysu
Location
Country	Kazakhstan
Physical characteristics
Source	Kazakh Uplands
Mouth	Teliköl
• coordinates	45°12′39″N 66°36′28″E
Length	671 km (417 mi)
Basin size	81,600 km2 (31,500 sq mi)

References

• 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

На других языках

[de] Sarysu

[ru] Сарысу