The Ayat (
Russian
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*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
and ba, Аят, ''Ayat''; kk, Аят: ''Aıat'') is a river in
Chelyabinsk Oblast,
Russia
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and
Kostanay Region
Kostanay Region ( kk, Қостанай облысы, translit=Qostanai oblysy; russian: Костанайская область, translit=Kostanayskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is the city of Kostanay. The pop ...
,
Kazakhstan
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. Ayat is formed by the confluence of
Karataly-Ayat and
Archagly-Ayat. The river flows into the
Karatomar reservoir, which is drained by the river
Tobol
The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is .
History
The Tobol River wa ...
. The length of the river is 117 km, with a catchment area of 13,300 km².
Hydrology
Much of the basin is formed by 383 drainless lakes (total area 208 km².). Russian part of the river has a length of 23 km and a
watershed area of 8571 km².
The soils of the basin are mostly
sandy and
loam, occasionally
salt
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. Laboissiere
alluvial channels the channel is located in a well defined river valley.
In winter, the river often freezes to the bottom. Freezing was observed 5 times in past 43 years.
In art
* "Tobol and Ayat" — a poem by
Yevtushenko.
References
Water resources of the Chelyabinsk region
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan
Rivers of Kazakhstan
Rivers of Chelyabinsk Oblast