The Sileti ( kk, Сілеті; russian: Силети) is a river in
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 ...
. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the
Akmola
Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, thou ...
,
Pavlodar
Pavlodar ( ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located 450 km northeast of the national capital Astana and 405 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the cit ...
and
North Kazakhstan
North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakh ...
regions of Kazakhstan.
Course
The sources of the Sileti are near Bozaigyr village in the
Kazakh Uplands
The Kazakh Uplands ( kk, Сарыарқа, ''Saryarqa'' - "Yellow Ridge", russian: Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout th ...
. It flows roughly northeastwards in its upper and middle course. As it reaches its last stretch the river divides into branches and bends northwards to the west of lake
endorheic lake
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Siletiteniz
Siletiteniz ( kk, Сілетітеңіз, ''Sıletıteñız''), also Seletyteniz, Seletytengiz is an endorheic salt lake located in the Ishim Plain, part of the West Siberian Plain.
The lake lies partly in North Kazakhstan and in the Pavlodar ...
from its southern end, but in dry years it doesn't reach the lake.
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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)
The main tributaries of the Sileti are Koyandy, Akzhar, Zhartas, Kedey, Sholakkarasu and Shili. The
Sileti Dam
The Sileti ( kk, Сілеті; russian: Силети) is a river in Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the Akmola, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan.
C ...
(Сілеті бөгені) with an area of , was built near
Sileti
The Sileti ( kk, Сілеті; russian: Силети) is a river in Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the Akmola, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan.
C ...
village in 1965, from the mouth of the river. Its reservoir provides water to
Stepnogorsk
Stepnogorsk ( kk, Степногорск, translit=Stepnogorsk; russian: Степногорск) is a town in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.
History
Stepnogorsk was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It is located about 200 km ...
city, located to the north. The water is used for drinking, industrial and agricultural purposes.Master plan for the development of the City of Astana - Ch. E /ref> The river is frozen between late October or mid November until late March or early April. In some stretches it freezes to the bottom.
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
* ...