The Baikonyr or Baikonur ( kk, Байқоңыр; russian: Байконыр) is a river in the
Ulytau District
Ulytau District ( kk, Ұлытау ауданы, ) is a district of Ulytau Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Auyl of Ulytau. Population:
Geography
The Ulutau, a subrange of the Kazakh Uplands, ex ...
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Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region ( kk, Qarağandy oblysy; russian: Карагандинская область, translit=Karagandinskaja oblast′), also spelled Qaraghandy Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda.
On 17 March 2022 it was an ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
.
It has a length of and a drainage basin of .
Google Earth
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The river flows by
Baikonur
Baikonur ( kk, Байқоңыр, ; russian: Байконур, translit=Baykonur), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city of republic significance in Kazakhstan on the northern bank of the Syr Darya river. It is currently leased and administered ...
village.
Ancient
petroglyphs
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
have been found on rocks along both banks of river Baikonyr.
Course
The Baikonyr river has its origin at the confluence of rivers Kurambai (Kuanbai) and Aktas in the southwestern slopes of the
Ulutau
Ulutau ( kk, Ұлытау; russian: Улытау) is a range of mountains in Kazakhstan. Administratively the range is part of the Ulytau District, Karaganda region.[Kalmakkyrgan
The Kalmakkyrgan ( kk, Қалмаққырылған; russian: Калмаккырган), also known as Bileuty ( kk, Белеуітті or ''Білеу''; russian: Билеуты), is a river in the Ulytau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. I ...](_bl ...<br></span></div> Range. It heads roughly southwestwards within a valley having a maximum width of to the northeast of the <div class=)
. In its final stretch it flows roughly westwards, bending northwestwards to end up in the southeastern end of the
Shubarteniz
Shubarteniz ( kk, Шұбартеңіз; russian: Шубартениз) is a salt lake in Ulytau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.
In 1728, one of the battles of the Kazakh–Dzungar Wars took place near the lake and ended with the victory o ...
lake, to the south of the mouth of the
Zhymyky
The Zhymyky ( kk, Жымықы; russian: Жимыкы) is a river in the Ulytau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It has a length of and a drainage basin of .Google Earth
The river flows across the road that runs roughly from east to west ...
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The Baikonyr is fed by the winter snows. In the spring its water is fresh. But it turns salty as the flow diminishes and in the summer it dries largely up, breaking up into small pools.[''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0(T.Z.),ISBN 9965-893-19-5]
See also
*List of rivers of Kazakhstan This is a list of rivers of Kazakhstan, arranged by drainage basin. Tributaries are listed in order from mouth to source. Flowing into the Arctic Ocean Ob Irtysh (''Ertis'') River
*Tobol
**Ubagan
** Ayat
** Uy
** Syntasty
* Ishim
** Imanburlyq
** ...
References
External links
Сердце Казахстана — Улытау
(in Russian)
Пресс-релиз — Аральское море
(in Russian)
Туристско-научная экспедиция - Казахстанская правда
(in Russian)
(in Russian)
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan
Rivers of Kazakhstan
Karaganda Region
Shalkarteniz basin