The Sarysu is a river in Karaganda, Ulytau, Turkistan, and Kyzylorda Regions of Kazakhstan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Сарысу, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Course It arises above Zhanaarka and flows generally westward towards Kzyl-Dzhar where it turns south-westward past Birlestik and Zhanabas, then heading ever-more southerly it ends in the Telikol, across a cluster of small intermittent lakes at the western end of the Ashchykol Depression and to the east of the Dariyaly plain. River Boktykaryn runs parallel to it just before the Sarysu bends west towards the Telikol.Сырдарья (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The main tributaries of the Sarysu are the Zhaman Sarysu, Zhaksy Sarysu, Surtisu, Atasu, Taldymanaka and Karakengir.
The long Shieli-Telikol Canal was built for irrigation, connecting the Telikol lacustrine basin to the north with the Syr Darya river near Shieli.
See also List of rivers of Kazakhstan
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References
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
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