The Urzhar ( kk, Уржар) is a river in the

Abai Region Abai Region ( kk, Абай облысы) is a region of Kazakhstan. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 16 March 2022 that the region would be created. The area split off from East Kazakhstan Region when Tokayev's bill came into force on ...

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. It has a length of and a drainage basin of .

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The river flows across

Urzhar Urzhar ( kk, Үржар, ''Úrjar'') is a village in the Urzhar river valley and the administrative center of Urzhar District in the Abai Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Notable residents * Almat Kebispayev (born 1987) - Kazakh wrestler, w ...

village, the administrative center of

Urzhar District Uerzhar ( kk, Үржар ауданы, , ٷرجار اۋدانى) is a district of Abai Region Abai Region ( kk, Абай облысы) is a region of Kazakhstan. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 16 March 2022 that the region would ...

. It is one of the three most important rivers flowing into

Alakol Alakol may refer to the following places in: Azerbaijan * Alakol, Azerbaijan, a village Kazakhstan ''Alakol'' or ''Ala-Kol'' (Алаколь, ') is the name of: * Alakol, Almaty Province * Alakol, Amangeldi District, Kostanay Region * Alakol, Den ...

lake. Its waters are used to irrigate crops and pasture areas.

Course

The Urzhar originates in the southern slopes of the western part of the

Tarbagatai Range The Tarbagatai Mountains ( mn, , , translit. ''Tarvagatai nuruu'', literally: "range with marmots"; ; kk, Тарбағатай жотасы, ''Tarbağatai jotasy'') are a range of mountains located in the north-western parts of Xinjiang, China ...

. It heads roughly southwards all along its course. In its upper section it flows as a typical mountain river within a narrow and deep valley with frequent

rapids Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascade''. ...

. After leaving the mountain area it enters the wide

Balkhash-Alakol Basin The Balkhash-Alakol Basin or Balkhash-Alakol Depression( kk, Балқаш-Алакөл ойысы; rus, Балхаш-Алакольская котловина), is a flat structural basin in southeastern Kazakhstan.

and passes through the village of

. The speed of its current slows down, its channel widens and forms

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...

s. Further downstream it divides into arms. Finally it reaches the northern lakeshore of lake Alakol near Kamyskala, former Ribachy village. The river is fed partly by snow and partly by groundwater. Its main tributaries are rivers Bazarka, Kusak and Karagaila on the left, and Eginsu on the right.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'', vol. 9 / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0(T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

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Степной реки широкое раздолье
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan Rivers of Kazakhstan Balkhash-Alakol Basin Abai Region ru:Урджар (река)

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