The Uly-Zhylanshyk ( kk, Ұлы Жыланшық; russian: Улы-Жыланшык) is a river in
Kazakhstan
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. It is long and has a catchment area of .
It is one of the rivers of the Turgay Depression, flowing across the Amangeldi and Zhangeldi districts of the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan. Its waters are used for irrigation.
Course
The river is formed at the confluence of rivers Dulygaly-Zhylanshyk from the right and the Ulken-Zhylanshyk from the left. Both have their sources in the
Ulutau
Ulutau ( kk, Ұлытау; russian: Улытау) is a range of mountains in Kazakhstan. Administratively the range is part of the Ulytau District, Karaganda region.Kazakh Uplands. The Uly-Zhylanshyk flows roughly westwards all along its course, sometimes bending northwest for a certain distance and others to the southwest. As it reaches its last stretch the river
meanders
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strongly. Finally it flows into the northeastern shore of lake
Akkol
Akkol ( kz, Ақкөл, ''Aqköl'', zh, 阿科尔), formerly known as ''Alexeyevka'' (russian: italic=yes, Алексеевка, until 1997), is a town in northern Kazakhstan. It is located north of the national capital Nur-Sultan along the hig ...
, an
endorheic
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salt lake
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located in Zhangeldi District, north of
Shalkarteniz
Shalkarteniz ( kk, Шалқартеңіз; russian: Шалкартениз) is an extensive salt flat and seasonal lake in the Yrgyz District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan.
The Shalkarteniz lies in the northeastern sector of the Turan Depression, ...
. The Uly-Zhylanshyk is fed mainly by snow.Улы-Жыланшык ''
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)
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