The Turgay ( ) or Torgai ( ) is a river in Kazakhstan.Тургай, Great Soviet Encyclopedia It has a length of and a drainage basin of .
The Naurzum Nature Reserve is a protected area located in the river basin.
Course 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 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.Тургайская ложбина, Great Soviet EncyclopediaТургай; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
Tributaries The main tributaries of the Turgay are the long Irgiz, the 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 long Saryozen river may flow across lake Sarykopa into the Turgay through a channel near Tauysh village.Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. B.O. Jakyp. — Almaty: « Kazakh encyclopedia» ZhSS, 2011. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5
See also List of rivers of Kazakhstan Lakes of the lower Turgay and Irgiz
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