Ilek
Ilek (russian: Илек) is the name of several places: * Ilek (river), a tributary of the Ural in Russia and Kazakhstan * Ilek, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a ''selo'' in Ileksky Selsoviet of Ashinsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia * Ilek, Kursk Oblast, a ''selo'' in Ilkovsky Selsoviet of Belovsky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia * Ilek, Orenburg Oblast, a ''selo'' in Ileksky Selsoviet of Ileksky District Ileksky District (russian: Иле́кский райо́н; kk, Елек ауданы, ) is an administrativeLaw #1370/276-IV-OZ and municipalLaw #2367/495-IV-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located i ...

Ilek (river)
The Ilek ( kk, Елек, ''Elek'', russian: Илек) is a river in the Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan, and Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river basin is of archeological significance. There are burial sites of ancient Kurgan (Indo-European) cultures. Course The Ilek is a left tributary of the Ural. It is a steppe river, flowing at the southern end of the Ural Mountains. It rises just south of Orsk, flows south a short distance and then flows westward south of and parallel to the river Ural, with many meanders and oxbow lakes, and joins the Ural about west of Orenburg. Two main cities lie on the banks of the Ilek River: Sol-Iletsk and Aqtöbe (alternate spelling: Aktöbe, Aktyubinsk). The Ilek remains the most polluted water body in the Ural-Caspian basin. The content of boron and chromium in the river is caused by the tailing ponds of former chemical plants via ground water. The pollution level varies from "polluted" to "very polluted"."Wa ...
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Ilek, Orenburg Oblast
Ilek (russian: Илек) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Ileksky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography It is located 128 km west of Orenburg, in the steppe zone at the confluence of the Ilek River and the Ural River. The climate is sharply continental with hot summers and cold winters. The valley of the Ural River in the vicinity of Ilek is formed by deciduous forests with picturesque lakes and oxbow lakes, attracting lovers of tourism and fishing. Near the Urals there are extensive floodplain meadows and suitable land for arable farming. The pearl of the village is the sandy beaches on the low left bank of the bend of the Ural River, the width of which in the Ilek area is 50-70 meters, the depth is up to 3 meters, with the presence of a stormy rapids along the high and wooded right bank. The nearest railway station is located 70 km north in the village Novosergiyev ...
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Ashinsky District
Ashinsky District (russian: Аши́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.Resolution #161 It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ... of Asha. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district (excluding the administrative center) was 32,898. History The district was established in 1961. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it has a status of a town with territorial district—a unit equal in status to administrative districts—the full name of which is The Town of Asha and Ashinsky District (). As a munic ...
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Belovsky District, Kursk Oblast
Belovsky District (russian: Бело́вский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' sloboda'') of Belaya. Population: 22,182 ( 2002 Census); The population of Belaya accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population. Geography Belovsky District is located on the south-central edge of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Belgorod Oblast to the south. The terrain is a hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Psel River, which flows southwest from the district into Ukraine, where it empties into the Dnieper River. The Psel is typically frozen from December to early March. Belovsky District is 60 km south of the city of Ku ...
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