The Karasuk (Russian: Карасук) is a river in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is 531 kilometres (330 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 11,300 square kilometres (4,400 sq mi).[1]
| Karasuk Карасук | |
|---|---|
 Lake Kornoukhovo,an oxbow lake of the Karasuk basin near Loktyonok | |
  Mouth location in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia | |
| Location | |
| Countries | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Ob Plateau |
| • coordinates | 54°40′26″N 81°47′11″E / 54.67389°N 81.78639°E |
| • elevation | 190 metres (620 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 53°35′09″N 77°32′30″E / 53.58583°N 77.54167°E |
• elevation | 105 metres (344 ft) |
| Length | 531 km (330 mi) |
| Basin size | 111,300 km2 (43,000 sq mi) |
The source region of the Karasuk River was declared a special protected area on 26 March 2007.[2]
Course
editThe Karasuk begins some 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Novosibirsk, at 190 metres (620 ft) above sea level. 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 an elevation of 105 metres (344 ft), at the border with Kazakhstan. At high water levels some water will flow through the Chuman (Чуман) River to the Burla (Бурла),[3] which branches from the main river towards the south, east of the town of Karasuk. Yet more water will branch off towards the north at Nizhnecheremoshnoye, via the Baganyonok (Russian: Баганёнок) tributary, to the Bagan River. The Karasuk has no major tributaries, but there are lakes in his basin, such as Astrodym.[4]
At the river's lower reaches lies the town and railway hub of Karasuk, named after the river. Other inhabited places near the banks of the Karasuk include Kochki, Krasnaya Sibir, Chernovka, Reshety, Bukreyevo Pleso, Chernaki, Mayskoye, Mokhnaty Log, Gerbayevo, Krasnozyorskoye and Kaigorodsky.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Река Карасук in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Press release from the «Sibirsky Projekt» website Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (russian)
- ^ Карасук (река в Новосибирской обл.), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ "N-44 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Google Earth
External links
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