The Ulken Kundyzdy ( kk, Үлкен Құндызды) is a river in the
Sarybel and
Nura districts,
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region ( kk, Qarağandy oblysy; russian: Карагандинская область, translit=Karagandinskaja oblast′), also spelled Qaraghandy Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda.
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. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Ulken Kundyzdy river is one the main tributaries of the
Nura. It freezes between November and April.
Course
The Ulken Kundyzdy has its sources in the
Kazakh Uplands, a little to the north of
Kunduzdy village, northwest of
Temirtau
Temirtau ( kz, Теміртау, translit=Temırtau; russian: Темиртау) is a city in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. The population was 170,481 in the 1999 census, rising to 210,590 in 2015.
The city is located on the Nura River (the ...
. It originates on the southern slopes of Mount
Koyandy and flows roughly southwestwards and westwards along its course. Finally it reaches the
Nura and enters it from the right bank near
Nura village (formerly Kievka), the district capital.
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The Ulken Kundyzdy is fed mainly by precipitation and groundwater. Its valley is wide and there are many stretches with rocky banks. The river
meander
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s in its middle and lower course. Its main tributaries are the Yeltok, Topan and Sabyrkozha.
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Fauna
Some of the fish species found in the Ulken Kundyzdy include
crucian carp
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perch
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and
gudgeon
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.
See also
*
List of rivers of Kazakhstan
References
External links
Nura (Kievka), Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan
Rivers of Kazakhstan
Karaganda Region
Tengiz basin