Sary su River

The Sary su (also Sary-Sû and Sarsa; Kazakh: Сарысу, Sarysý; Russian: Сарысу́, Sarysu) is a river in central Kazakhstan. It arises above Atasu and flows generally westward to Kzyl-Dzhar where it turns south-westward 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.

This article is about the Kazakhstan river. For the Russian river, see Volga River. For the river in Turkmenistan and northern Iran, see Sumbar River.

References
  1. Kropotkin, Peter; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). "Turkestan" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). 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


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