The Sonaly () is a river in the Nura District,

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It is the second most important tributary of the Kulanotpes. Sonaly village is located upriver from its mouth.

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The Sonaly river originates in the Amantau (Амантау), a small massif of the

Kazakh Uplands The Kazakh Uplands or the Kazakh Hummocks, known in Kazakh as the ( , ; ), is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan.

. Its source is in the southeastern slopes, to the NNW of lake Shoshkakol. It heads first southwestwards and describes a wide arch bending westwards and northwestwards while still in its upper reaches. Then it heads roughly northwards all along its course. In its last stretch it bends northwestwards and joins the left bank of the Kulanotpes. The border of

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, stretches along the opposite bank. The river valley is wide and its channel is bound by steep banks. In the summer the Sonaly usually stops flowing and splits into disconnected pools.''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' Vol. VI / 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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The Great Silk Road in Central and Eastern Kazakhstan
{{Rivers of Kazakhstan Karaganda Region Rivers of Kazakhstan Kazakh Uplands Tengiz basin

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