The Ashchysu ( kk, Ащысу) is a river in the
Abai Region
Abai Region ( kk, Абай облысы) is a region of Kazakhstan. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 16 March 2022 that the region would be created. The area split off from East Kazakhstan Region when Tokayev's bill came into force on ...
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Kazakhstan
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and a tributary of the
Shagan, of the
Irtysh basin. The river is long and the area of its basin is .
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Geography
The Ashchysu has its sources in the northeastern slopes of the
Chingiztau, a range of the eastern sector of the
Kazakh Uplands, about northwest of the city of
Ayagoz. It heads initially westwards, then it bends southwestwards and passes
Ushbiik, then, in its lower course it bends again and heads roughly northwestwards. Finally it meets the right bank of the Shagan to the southwest of
Semey
Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...
, former Semipalatinsk, city. The confluence is located on the Balapan field of the
Semipalatinsk Test Site complex. A lake was formed as a result of an experimental nuclear explosion to create a reservoir in January 1965.
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The Ashchysu is fed mainly by snow and in the summer it often dries up.
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'' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov
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. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978. (in Russian)
See also
* List of rivers of Kazakhstan
* Lake Shagan
References
External links
Radioactive contamination of the Shagan River ecosystemTrip on lake Atomic
Rivers of Kazakhstan
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