Sagyz [1] ( Kazakh. Sagyz ; obsolete. Sagiz [2] ) is a salt-water river in the north-west of Kazakhstan . It flows in the Aktobe and Atyrau regions.
| Sagyz | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 511 km |
| Pool | 19,400 km² |
| Water consumption | 2 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | river confluence: Kyzyladylsai and Daulda |
| • Location | Podural Plateau |
| • Height | 140 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | |
| • Location | flows into the salt marshes of Tentexora |
| • Height | -10 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Regions | Aktobe region , Atyrau region |
 - source  - mouth | |
The length of the river is 511 km, the basin area is 19,400 km². The width of the river is from 3 to 48 m, the depth is from 0.3 to 2 m. The average water discharge in the lower reaches (31 km from the mouth ) is about 2 m³ / s. The bottom is mostly sandy.
Sagyz originates on the Podural plateau at the confluence of the Kyzyladylsai and Daulda rivers . The height of the source is 140 m above sea level. . It ends 10-12 km south of the Tenteksor salt flats of the Caspian lowland .
The food is snow, rain, with a predominance of snow. The floodplain of the river is open, overgrown with reeds and in some places swampy; width from 1 to 4 km with numerous channels, drying out channels and ravines up to 4 m deep.
In summer, in the upper and lower reaches it dries up, breaks up into separate streams and streams with brackish water. In November it freezes, opens in late March - the first half of April. The banks are mostly gentle, in some places steep heights from 2 to 7 m (length up to 2 km). Sagyz is actively used for irrigation .
Notes
- ↑ Map sheet M-39-XXXVI . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .
- ↑ Map sheet L-39-VI Makat . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .
Links
- Sagyz // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.