The Kauylzhyr ( kk, Қауылжыр; russian: Каульжур) is a river in
Shalkar District
Shalkar ( kk, Шалқар ауданы, ) is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of Aktobe Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Shalkar. Population:
Geography
The Shalkar Basin and a number of lakes ...
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Aktobe Region
The Aktobe Region ( kk, Ақтөбе облысы, Aqtöbe oblysy; russian: Актюбинская область, translit=Aktyubinskaya oblast) is a Regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. The name ''Aktobe'' comes from Kazakh language, Kaz ...
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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 ...
. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The river is part of the
Shalkar Basin
Shalkar ( kk, Шалқар) is a brackish lake in Shalkar District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan.
Shalkar city lies by the northeastern lakeshore. The lake provides water to the city and adjacent railway stations.Google Earth
Geography
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. It is fed mainly by snow. Its waters are used to water livestock.
Course
The Kauylzhyr has its sources on the southeastern slopes of the
Mugalzhar
Mugalzhar ( kk, Мұғалжар), also known as Mugodzhar Hills or Mugodzhar Range (russian: Мугоджары, Мугоджарский хребет),
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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 ...
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The width of the river channel is between and . The main tributaries of the Kauylzhyr are the Alabassay, Karabulaksay, Sarysay and Koganzhar.
See also
*
List of rivers of Kazakhstan This is a list of rivers of Kazakhstan, arranged by drainage basin. Tributaries are listed in order from mouth to source. Flowing into the Arctic Ocean Ob Irtysh (''Ertis'') River
*Tobol
**Ubagan
** Ayat
** Uy
** Syntasty
* Ishim
** Imanburlyq
** ...