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Sarysu

a river in Dzhezkazgan and Kzyl-Orda oblasts, Kazakh SSR. The Sarysu measures 671 km long and drains an area of 81,600 sq km. It originates at the confluence of the Zhaman-Sarysu and Zhaksy-Sarysu rivers. It flows southwesterly within the Kazakh Melkosopochnik; the lower course skirts the western edge of the Betpak-Dala Desert. In the upper course the valley is narrow, and in the lower course it ranges from 5 to 10 km in width. The downstream section is a vast debris cone. The Sarysu is fed by snow. The mean flow rate measured 382 km from the mouth is 7.3 cu m per sec. The river dries up in the upper and lower courses in July and remains dry through January. The flow is constant below the Kara-Kengir, a left tributary of the Sarysu. The Sarysu is used for industrial water supply and for irrigation.

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In this respect, particular interest is the Saryarka coarse-wooled fat-tailed breed of sheep, tested in 1999 by the Ministry of Agriculture, which includes two intrapedigree species-the Zhanaarka and the Sarysu. Animals of the first type make the main part (about 90%) of this breed, which played a decisive role in its approbation.

Features of growth and meat productivity of new factory lines of Saryarka lambs

Some rivers such as the Chu, the Sarysu, the Zeravshan, the Murgab, and the Tedzhen dry out and form dry deltas.

The subtropical cold deserts and subdeserts

Along the banks and beds of the typical rivers of the northern deserts, including the Sarysu (in Kazakhstan) and the Dzavhan (in southern Mongolia), there are only a few low clumps of willow (Salix), thickets of shrubby tamarisk (Tamarix), and scattered specimens of boxthorn (Lycium).

2 Life in the cold deserts and subdeserts

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