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- Also spelled:
- Išim
- Kazakh:
- Esil
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Ishim River at Astana, Kazakhstan
The capital city is located along the Ishim (Esıl) River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan.
Ishim River
river, Asia
Also known as: Esil River, Išim River
Ishim River, river in northern Kazakhstan and Tyumen and Omsk oblasti (provinces) of south-central Russia. A left-bank tributary of the Irtysh (Ertis) River, it rises in the Niyaz Hills in the north of the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarqa), flows west through Astana, and then flows north through Petropavl (Petropavlovsk) and the flat Ishim Steppe before entering the Irtysh at Ust-Ishim. Its total length is 1,522 miles (2,450 km), and it drains an area of 55,600 square miles (144,000 square km). Mainly snow-fed, it overflows its banks in spring and becomes shallow in summer. There is some navigation. From the Sergeyevka Reservoir southwest of Petropavl, large water mains carry water to farm settlements in northern and northwestern Kazakhstan.
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