The Sileti ( kk, Сілеті; russian: Силети) is a river in

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. It is long and has a catchment area of . The Sileti river system is an endorheic watershed in the

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and North Kazakhstan regions of Kazakhstan.

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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 t ...

. 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 Zhalauly. In periods of adequate rainfall the river flows into the

endorheic lake An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. Endorheic lakes are generally saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes left in the l ...

Siletiteniz from its southern end, but in dry years it doesn't reach the lake. Google EarthСелеты
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'' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed.

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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 (Сілеті бөгені) with an area of , was built near Sileti village in 1965, from the mouth of the river. Its reservoir provides water to

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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.

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* {{Rivers of Kazakhstan Rivers of Kazakhstan West Siberian Plain Endorheic basins of Asia

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