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11-575: The depression is named after the Turgay River , which flows southwards along a stretch of the trough. The Lakes of the lower Turgay and Irgiz Nature Reserve is a protected area located in the southern sector of the basin. The Turgay Depression runs across the Turgay Plateau in north-western Kazakhstan. It stretches from north to south and connects the West Siberian Plain to the north with

22-602: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sarykopa Sarykopa ( Kazakh : Сарықопа ; Russian : Сарыкопа ) is a bittern salt lake in the Kostanay Region , Kazakhstan . Sarykopa lies in the steppe of the central sector of the Turgay Basin in Zhangeldi District , in the southern area of Kostanay Region. There are a number of villages near the lake. Sarykopa is an endorheic lake. Its shape

33-644: Is a river in Kazakhstan . It has a length of 825 km (513 mi) and a drainage basin of 157,000 km (61,000 sq mi). The Naurzum Nature Reserve is a protected area located in the river basin. The river originates at the confluence of the Zhaldama and Kara-Turgai rivers, which have their sources in the Kazakh Uplands . It then flows along the Turgay Depression . The Turgay disappears in

44-452: Is elongated, stretching roughly from SSW to NNE . The 164 kilometers (102 mi) long Saryozen river flows into the lake from the north and the Teke from the west. Since the lake is fed by snow its level is subject to variations according to the inflow, reaching a maximum area of 336 square kilometers (130 sq mi) in the spring floods when the snows melt. In years of significant snowfall

55-684: The Saryozen through the Tauysh channel, as well as the Uly-Zhylanshyk . The lowest parts of the depression are occupied by numerous lakes, with mostly saline or bittern-salty waters, such as Kushmurun , Koybagar , Tyuntyugur , Aksuat , Teniz , Sarymoin , Sarykopa , Akkol , Barakkol and Shalkarteniz . Geologically the entire trough corresponds to the Turgai tectonic subsidence of ancient alluvial and lacustrine deposits. The Turgay Plateau rises between

66-564: The Turan Depression . It has a length of 800 km (500 mi) and an average width between 25 km (16 mi) and 75 km (47 mi) with a maximum of 300 km (190 mi). The Ubagan River, a right tributary of the Tobol flows along it in the northern direction. Among the rivers flowing southwards, the main ones are the Turgay with its tributaries Irgiz and Ulkayak , including

77-827: The Urals and Mugodzhar Hills in the west and the Kazakh Steppe in the east. Deposits of iron ore and other minerals occur in the basin, as well as significant oilfields in the southern part. The northern part of the basin is characterized by steppe and the southern part by semi-desert , with the Barsuki Desert at the southern end near the Aral Sea . In the spring and summer, large swathes of it are used for pasture. Turgay (river) The Turgay ( [torɣai] ) (also known as Torgai, Torghay or Turgai ; Kazakh : Торғай , Romanised : Torğai ; Russian : Тургай Romanised : Turgay )

88-547: The endorheic basin of Shalkarteniz . The Ubagan , a tributary of the Tobol , drains the valley to the north, the Turgay to the south. There are many shallow, often salty lakes in the valley. In the summer it dries up and its water becomes salty in the lower reaches of certain sections. The river is mostly fed by snow. It freezes in November and thaws in April. The main tributaries of

99-522: The Turgay are the 593 km (368 mi) long Irgiz , the 284 km (176 mi) long Karatorgai and the Kobarga on the left, as well as the Zhaldama, Tokanay and Ulkayak on the right. In years of high water the 164 kilometers (102 mi) long Saryozen river may flow across lake Sarykopa into the Turgay through a channel near Tauysh village. This article related to a river in Kazakhstan

110-425: The eastern shore rises steeply up to between 5 meters (16 ft) to 10 meters (33 ft) cliff-like banks. Lakes Ulken Koskopa and Kishi Koskopa lie 33 kilometers (21 mi) to the northeast of the northern end. Sarykopa is a refuge for birds such as the white-tailed lapwing , steppe gull , slender-billed curlew and the great white pelican , as well as the critically endangered siberian crane , but

121-577: The lake becomes a single body of water and its waters may flow out into the Turgay river through a channel close to Tauysh village in the south, but such periods are very few and far between. Usually the surface of the lake stays around 184 square kilometers (71 sq mi) in the more common periods of low water where Sarykopa, especially in the summer, breaks up into a cluster of separate lakes with no connection between them. The depth fluctuates between 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) and 3 meters (9.8 ft). The western banks are gently-sloping, while

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