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Detailed map of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia , with a small portion in Eastern Europe . [ 1 ] With an area of about 2,724,900 square kilometers (1,052,100 sq mi) Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger than Alaska .
The Turgay (also known as Torgai, Torghay or Turgai; Kazakh: Торғай, Romanised: Torğai; Russian: Тургай Romanised: Turgay) is a river in Kazakhstan. [1] It has a length of 825 km (513 mi) and a drainage basin of 157,000 km 2 (61,000 sq mi). [1] The Naurzum Nature Reserve is a protected area located in the river basin.
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.
Kazakhstan, [d] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [e] is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion situated in Eastern Europe. [f] It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.
The river rises in the Kyzyltas mountains, a subrange of the Kazakh Uplands and flows initially north-northwestwards for about 100 kilometres (62 mi). It then turns to the west and flows in that direction for 220 kilometres (140 mi), then southwest for 180 kilometres (110 mi).
The Chu [a] is a river in northern Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan.Of its total length of 1,067 kilometres (663 mi), [1] the first 115 kilometres are in Kyrgyzstan, then for 221 kilometres the river serves as the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and the last 731 kilometres are in Kazakhstan.
The Karatal (Russian: Каратал, Karatal; Khalkha Mongolian: Хартал Hartal, "Black Steppe"), also known as the Qaratal River (Kazakh: Қаратал, Qaratal), is a river of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, Kazakhstan. It originates in the Dzungarian Alatau Mountains near the border with China and flows into the endorheic Lake Balkhash.
The Arys (Kazakh: Арыс) is a river of southern Kazakhstan and a right tributary of the Syr Darya. [1] [2] The river is 378 kilometres (235 mi) long, covering a basin area of 14,900 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi). The river begins in the Talas Alatau ridge, and average water flow is 46.6 cubic metres per second (1,650 cu ft/s). The highest ...