The Bakanas ( kk, Бақанас) is a river in the
Abai Region,
Kazakhstan.
It has a length of and a drainage basin of .
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The Bakanas flows near
Ayagoz city in its upper course.
Barshatas town is located on the left bank of the river.
Course
The Bakanas river originates in the
Chingiztau range of the eastern
Kazakh Uplands. Its source is in the southwestern slopes, near the Akbaytal mountain pass. It heads roughly southwards, bending southeastwards in its middle course after its confluence with the Dagandeli. Finally it fans out, divides into shallow arms, and its waters disperse in the
semidesert
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sands to the north of the eastern end of the
Balkhash lakeshore. Its mouth lies west of
Aktogay town, in the
East Kazakhstan Region
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.
The river is fed mainly by snow, but it usually carries very little water, and only in the spring, beginning in late March or early April and ending in May or June. In some years it dries up in its lower course. Very rarely, in extremely wet years, the Bakanas flows from the right into the
Ayaguz River
Ayagoz or Ayakoz ( kk, Аягөз, ''Aiagöz''), formerly Sergiopol (russian: Сергиополь), is a city of regional significance in Kazakhstan, the administrative centre of Ayagoz district of East Kazakhstan Region. Population:
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, which has its mouth in Lake Balkhash.
Prehistorical and Historical Stages of Development of Lake Balkhash
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Tributaries
The Bakanas freezes between December and March. Its main tributaries are the long Dagandeli, as well as the Alpeis, Tolen, Kyzylozen, Zhanibek, Balkybek and the long Koksala.[''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
References
External links
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The Great Silk Road in Central and Eastern KazakhstanPlant diversity in the early Devonian
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Rivers of Kazakhstan
Balkhash-Alakol Basin