The Burla (russian: Бурла; kk, Борлы, ''Borly'') is a river in
Russia
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and
Kazakhstan
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. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Burla river system is an
endorheic watershed. In the Russian Federation the basin of the river is located mainly in
Altai Krai, with a little section in
Novosibirsk Oblast
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. The last stretch of its course is in the
Pavlodar Region
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of Kazakhstan.
Course
The sources of the Burla are in the
Ob Plateau
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, to the northeast of
Dolganka,
Krutikhinsky District, and only from the banks of the
Ob River
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. The river flows roughly southwestwards all along its course. As it descends into the
Kulunda Plain
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its channel scatters, becoming almost interrupted in places. Further west along the steppe, the lower course of the Burla consists in channels between mostly shallow lakes. In years of adequate rainfall the river flows into the
endorheic lake
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Bolshoy Azhbulat
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The lake lies to the NNE of Pavlodar town, and west of Lozovoe (Pavl ...
, but in dry years it ends in Lake
Bolshoye Topolnoye
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Its waters are slightly saline. There are no settlem ...
, east of the Russia/Kazakhstan border.
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''Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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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)
There are numerous settlements near the river, such as
Alexeyevka,
Utyanka,
Novoilyinka,
Pioner Truda,
Topolnoye,
Ustyanka,
Staropeschanoye,
Novoalexeyevka,
Novopeschanoye,
Burla,
Prityka,
Mikhaylovka and
Petrovka, among others.
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Burla are the long Kurya (Курья) and the long Kurya (Aksenikha) (Курья (Аксениха)) from the left, as well as the long Chuman (Чуман) from the right. All the tributaries dry up in the summer, but the Chuman connects with the
Karasuk river in high water years. There are numerous lakes in the Burla basin. The shallow areas of the river and neighboring wetlands freeze in the winter.
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drain ...
References
External links
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Джурбай едет на озеро Большой Ажбулат
Rivers of Altai Krai
Rivers of Novosibirsk Oblast
Rivers of Kazakhstan
West Siberian Plain
Endorheic basins of Asia
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