The Kaldygaity ( kk, Қалдығайты; russian: Калдыгайты) is a river in the
West Kazakhstan Region,
Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Kaldygaity belongs to the
Ural basin. The banks of the river are a seasonal grazing ground for local cattle.
Course
The Kaldygaity has its sources in the southwestern slopes of Mount
Almastau.
It heads first southwestwards across
Shyngyrlau District
Shyngyrlau ( kk, Шыңғырлау ауданы, ) is a district of West Kazakhstan Region in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Shyngyrlau. Population:
Geography
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, then it bends westwards and flows in that direction through
Karatobe District
Karatobe ( kk, Қаратөбе ауданы; ) is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of West Kazakhstan Region in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Village#Central and Eastern Europe, selo of Karatobe. Populati ...
. It forms
meanders in a
floodplain until it meets the wide
salt lake
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area that lies near
Tolen village. The
Buldyrty
The Buldyrty ( kk, Бұлдырты; russian: Булдырты) is a river in the West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Buldyrty belongs to the Ural basin and flows across the Syrym, Karatobe and Shy ...
(Бұлдырты) river flows parallel to the Kaldygaity roughly to the northwest.
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The Kaldygaity has 40 tributaries that are longer than . The main ones are the Peschanaya, Bayanas and Ashchysay. The river valley is wide and in its middle and lower course the Kaldygaity flows across sandy terrain. It is fed by snow and rain. On years of heavy snow its lower stretch floods.
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Fauna
The main fish species in the Kaldygaity include
pike,
Eurasian carp
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,
perch and
karabalik
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. The
European pond turtle is also found in the river.
[''Nature of the Republic of Kazakhstan'', volume 3, part 2]
The
reed undergrowth of the lower reaches of the Kaldygaity and neighboring
Olenti provides a habitat and a mass-breeding place for the
Asian locust
''Calliptamus italicus'', the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae.
This species is native of the steppes of Central Asia, but it is also present in most of Europe ...
.
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See also
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List of rivers of Kazakhstan
References
External links
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Rivers of the West Kazakhstan region.{{Rivers of Kazakhstan
Rivers of Kazakhstan
West Kazakhstan Region
Endorheic basins of Asia
Ural basin
Caspian Depression