Karasuk River
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Karasuk is a river in Novosibirsk Oblast
, Russia
. It is 531 km in length, with a drainage basin
of 11 300 km².
The Karasuk begins some 100 km southwest of Novosibirsk
, at 190 meters AMSL. It flows in a southwesterly direction through a wide valley in the southern part of the Baraba Steppe
, and terminates in an endorheic basin of small lakes and swamps at 105 meters AMSL, at the border with Kazakhstan
. At high waterlevels some water will flow over Chuman (Russian: Чуман) to the Burla River (Russian: Бурла), which branches from the main river towards the south, east of the town of Karasuk. Yet more water will branches off towards the north, via the Baganyonok River branch (Russian: Баганёнок), to the Bagan River. The Karasuk has no major tributaries.
At the river's lower reaches lies the town and railway hub of Karasuk
, named after the river.
The source region of the Karasuk River was 26 March 2007 declared a special protected area.
Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk. Population: -Overview:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is 531 km in length, with a drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
of 11 300 km².
The Karasuk begins some 100 km southwest of Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
, at 190 meters AMSL. It flows in a southwesterly direction through a wide valley in the southern part of the Baraba Steppe
Baraba steppe
The Baraba steppe, also known as Barabinsk steppe, , is a grassland steppe and wooded flat plain situated in western Siberia.The steppe has an area of 117,000 km² and stretches between the Irtysh and the Ob Rivers. Barabinsk is the largest city on the steppe. The Baraba steppe also contains...
, and terminates in an endorheic basin of small lakes and swamps at 105 meters AMSL, at the border with Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. At high waterlevels some water will flow over Chuman (Russian: Чуман) to the Burla River (Russian: Бурла), which branches from the main river towards the south, east of the town of Karasuk. Yet more water will branches off towards the north, via the Baganyonok River branch (Russian: Баганёнок), to the Bagan River. The Karasuk has no major tributaries.
At the river's lower reaches lies the town and railway hub of Karasuk
Karasuk
Karasuk may refer to:*Karasuk culture, a group of Bronze Age societies*Karasuk languages, a hypothetical language family linking the Yeniseian languages and Burushaski*Karasuk, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia...
, named after the river.
The source region of the Karasuk River was 26 March 2007 declared a special protected area.