Sary su River

The Sary su (also Sary-Sû and Sarsa; Kazakh: Сарысу Sarısw; Russian: Сарысу́ Sarysu) is a river in central Kazakhstan. It arises above Atasu and flows generally westward to Kzyl-Dzhar where it turns south-westard past Birlestik and Zhanabas, then heading ever-more southerly it ends at a series of small lakes (often dry) called the Ozera Segiz. In former times it was a tributary of the Syr Darya, and it may still provide some subsurface flow, but the surface flow disappears more than 100 km from the Syr Darya.[1] The name sary su means yellow water in Turkic languages.

References

  1. Wikisource Kropotkin, Peter; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). "Turkestan". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 419.
  • Allen, W. E. D. (1956) "The Sources for G. Delisle's "Carte des Pays Voisins de la Mer Caspiene" of 1723" Imago Mundi 13: pp. 137–150, p. 139

Coordinates: 45°12′39″N 66°36′28″E / 45.21083°N 66.60778°E / 45.21083; 66.60778


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