The Daryalyktakyr Plain ( kk, Дариялықтақыр; rus, равнина Дарьялыктакыр), is an

alluvial plain An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the sma ...

in the

Kyzylorda Region Kyzylorda Region ( kk, Қызылорда облысы, translit=Qyzylorda oblysy; russian: Кызылординская область, translit=Kyzylordinskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is the city of Kyzylorda, with a popu ...

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 ...

Google Earth Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...

The plain stretches across

Zhalagash Jalagash ( kk, Жалағаш, ''Jalağaş'') is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Jalagash District in Kyzylorda Region of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental count ...

Syrdarya The Syr Darya (, ),, , ; rus, Сырдарья́, Syrdarjja, p=sɨrdɐˈrʲja; fa, سيردريا, Sirdaryâ; tg, Сирдарё, Sirdaryo; tr, Seyhun, Siri Derya; ar, سيحون, Seyḥūn; uz, Sirdaryo, script-Latn/. historically known ...

and

Shieli Shieli ( kk, Шиелі) is a village in Kyzylorda Region, southern-central Kazakhstan. It is the administrative centre of Shieli District and the head and the only settlement of Shieli rural district (KATO code - 435230100). Population: Shiel ...

districts of Kyzylorda Region. A gas pipeline was built across the plain in 2012.ЕДИНСТВЕННАЯ И НЕПОВТОРИМАЯ
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Shieli-Telikol Canal The Shieli-Telikol Canal ( kk, Шиелі-Телікөл Каналы), also known as "Shieli Canal" and "Telikol Canal", is an irrigation canal in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. It connects the Telikol lakes with Shieli. Geography The canal ...

runs from north to south at the eastern edge.

Geography

The Daryalyktakyr lies north of the lower reaches of the

Syr Darya The Syr Darya (, ),, , ; rus, Сырдарья́, Syrdarjja, p=sɨrdɐˈrʲja; fa, سيردريا, Sirdaryâ; tg, Сирдарё, Sirdaryo; tr, Seyhun, Siri Derya; ar, سيحون, Seyḥūn; uz, Sirdaryo, script-Latn/. historically known ...

and corresponds to an ancient channel where the river flowed. It extends roughly from WNW to ESE for a length of between the area to the north of Zhosaly town in the west and the

Telikol Telikol ( kk, Телікөл; russian: Теликоль) is a lake in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. The area of the lake lies in the Syrdariya and Shieli districts. The Telikol lake zone includes a Important Bird Area.Google Earth''Kazakh ...

lakes in the east. It is a large, elongated

takir Takir (takyr) (russian: такыр, originally from Kazakh or another Turkic language) meaning "smooth, even, or bare", is a type of relief occurring in the deserts of Central Asia, similar to a salt flat in the southwestern United States. A ta ...

zone to the north of the current river channel covered with a top layer of

alluvial Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluv ...

sediments of mixed sand and clay. There are some

solonetz Solonetz ( uk, Солонець, rus, Солоне́ц, p=səlɐˈnʲɛts) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). They have, within the upper 100 cm of the soil profile, a so-called "natric horizon" ( ...

and

solonchak Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid, poorly drained conditions. The word is Russian for "sal ...

areas, as well as some small lakes and swamps at the southern edge. The Karaozek river, a right tributary of the Syr Darya, flows westwards along the southern limits of the plain.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. —

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

: «Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

Flora

Sedges The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...

may grow in the most barren-looking areas. Wormwood, ''

Calligonum ''Calligonum'' is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with about 80 species across the Mediterranean Sea region, Asia and North America. Description Plants of the genus ''Calligonum'' are shrubs, diffusely but irregularly branched, wi ...

'' and

tamarisk The genus ''Tamarix'' (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Tam ...

grow sparsely in dry channels.

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Astragalus brachypus Schrenk ( family Fabaceae )ПЕРЕХОД В ДРУГОЕ ИЗМЕРЕНИЕ НА ТРАССЕ ГАЗОПРОВОДА «БЕЙНЕУ—ШЫМКЕНТ» СВАРЕН ПЕРВЫЙ СТЫК
Plains of Kazakhstan Syr Darya basin Kyzylorda Region

Geography

Flora

See also

References

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