| Sarysu | |
| Other Name: | Сарысу |
| Map: | Sarysu.png |
| Source1: | confluence of Zhaman-Sarysu and Zhaksy-Sarysu Kazakh Uplands |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.6744°N 71.5939°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 477m (1,565feet) |
| Mouth: | Telikol |
| Mouth Elevation: | 128m (420feet) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 45.2108°N 66.6078°W |
| Progression: | Telikol→Shieli-Telikol Canal→Syr Darya→Aral Sea |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kazakhstan |
| Length: | 671km (417miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 7.3m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 81600km2 |
The Sarysu (Kazakh: Сарысу, Sarysu; Russian: Сарысу́, Sarysu) is a river in Karaganda, Ulytau, Turkistan, and Kyzylorda Regions of Kazakhstan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .[1]
The name sary su means yellow water in Turkic languages.
It arises above Zhanaarka and flows generally westward towards Kzyl-Dzhar where it turns south-westward past Birlestik and Zhanabas, then heading ever-more southerly it ends in the Telikol, across a cluster of small intermittent lakes at the western end of the Ashchykol Depression and to the east of the Dariyaly plain. River Boktykaryn runs parallel to it just before the Sarysu bends west towards the Telikol.[2] [3] [4]
The main tributaries of the Sarysu are the Zhaman Sarysu, Zhaksy Sarysu, Surtisu, Atasu, Taldymanaka and Karakengir.[2]
The 181km (112miles) long Shieli-Telikol Canal was built for irrigation, connecting the Telikol lacustrine basin to the north with the Syr Darya river near Shieli.[5]
