Balkhash District ( kk, Балқаш ауданы, ) is a
district of
Almaty Region
Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...
in
Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the
selo of
Bakanas. Population:
Geography
Balkhash region is located in the northwestern part of
Almaty Region
Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...
. It occupies the territory from the
Malaysarinsky ridges in the southeast to the southern coast of the lake
Balkhash, in the north - part of the desert
Saryesik-Atyrau Desert, in the west and south - the sands of Taukum. The relief is flat. The climate is continental. Winter is cold, summer is hot and dry. The average temperatures in January are -13-15°C, in July 24°C. The average annual amount of precipitation is 100-150 mm. The largest river is
Ili with a length of 1001 km. The
Akdala irrigation system was laid along its right bank.
References
Districts of Kazakhstan
Almaty Region
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