Narym River
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The Narym River is a river
in the Eastern Kazakhstan
, a tributary of the Irtysh
River, originating at the junction of the ridges Narym and Sarymsakty of wetland formed by the mountain runoff streams. With its low headwaters and smooth clay-sandy bed, the width of the river valley at places extends to more than 20 km, in some places it narrows down to 25–250 m; the width of the river is 15–25 m, depth is from 0.5 to 2.5 m.
Before 1960, Narym flowed directly into the Irtysh River, at the mouth of the river was a village Ust-Narym. After 1960, with the construction of Bukhtarma reservoir that flooded surrounding settlements, the Narym empties into the Buhtarma Reservoir, at the mouth of the river lies village Ulken Narym auyly. Along the river are located towns Juldyz, Novoberezovka, and Maymyr.
According to the Chinese annals, the basin of the Narym river was a home of an Eastern Hun tribe Ala-at, Tr. for "skewbald horse", called in the Chinese annals "He-la" and "Boma" ("skewbald horse"); from the Alat
tribe originated one of the Eastern Hun Shanuys called Helog Tou, i.e. Alat Tou, most likely named after his maternal tribe. Modern descendents of the ancient Alats are Alats in the Altai, and Khalach
es and Khalaj
es in the northern India and eastern section of the Iranian plateau. Under Arabicized name Khalajes, Alats are known to constitute one of the major tribes of the 5th-6th c. CE Hephthalites .
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in the Eastern 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...
, a tributary of the Irtysh
Irtysh
The Irtysh River is a river in Siberia and is the chief tributary of the Ob River. Its name means White River. Irtysh's main affluent is the Tobol River...
River, originating at the junction of the ridges Narym and Sarymsakty of wetland formed by the mountain runoff streams. With its low headwaters and smooth clay-sandy bed, the width of the river valley at places extends to more than 20 km, in some places it narrows down to 25–250 m; the width of the river is 15–25 m, depth is from 0.5 to 2.5 m.
Before 1960, Narym flowed directly into the Irtysh River, at the mouth of the river was a village Ust-Narym. After 1960, with the construction of Bukhtarma reservoir that flooded surrounding settlements, the Narym empties into the Buhtarma Reservoir, at the mouth of the river lies village Ulken Narym auyly. Along the river are located towns Juldyz, Novoberezovka, and Maymyr.
According to the Chinese annals, the basin of the Narym river was a home of an Eastern Hun tribe Ala-at, Tr. for "skewbald horse", called in the Chinese annals "He-la" and "Boma" ("skewbald horse"); from the Alat
Alat (tribe)
Block quoteAlat are one of the Turkic tribes known from Chinese annals, Bactrian inscriptions, and Arab and Persian medieval geographers as...
tribe originated one of the Eastern Hun Shanuys called Helog Tou, i.e. Alat Tou, most likely named after his maternal tribe. Modern descendents of the ancient Alats are Alats in the Altai, and Khalach
Khalaj
Khalaj may refer to:* Khalaj language* Khalaj people* Khalaj, Afghanistan, in Helmand Province* Khalaj, Armenia* Khalaj, Iran...
es and Khalaj
Khalaj
Khalaj may refer to:* Khalaj language* Khalaj people* Khalaj, Afghanistan, in Helmand Province* Khalaj, Armenia* Khalaj, Iran...
es in the northern India and eastern section of the Iranian plateau. Under Arabicized name Khalajes, Alats are known to constitute one of the major tribes of the 5th-6th c. CE Hephthalites .