Burla
Бурла / Борлы
Landscape of the upper course of the river in Khabarsky District
Burla (river) is located in Kazakhstan
Burla (river)
Mouth location in Kazakhstan
Burla (river) is located in Altai Krai
Burla (river)
Burla (river) (Altai Krai)
Location
CountriesRussia
Kazakhstan
Physical characteristics
SourceOb Plateau
 • coordinates54°01′26″N 80°53′58″E / 54.02389°N 80.89944°E / 54.02389; 80.89944
 • elevation170 metres (560 ft)
MouthBolshoy Azhbulat
 • coordinates
53°18′21″N 77°30′27″E / 53.30583°N 77.50750°E / 53.30583; 77.50750
Length489 km (304 mi)
Basin size12,800 km2 (4,900 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)

The Burla (Russian: Бурла; Kazakh: Борлы, Borly) is a river in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is 489 kilometres (304 mi) long and has a catchment area of 12,800 square kilometres (4,900 sq mi).[1]

The Burla river system is an endorheic watershed. In the Russian Federation the basin of the river is located mainly in Altai Krai, with a little section in Novosibirsk Oblast. The last stretch of its course is in the Pavlodar Region of Kazakhstan.[2]

Course

The sources of the Burla are in the Ob Plateau, 8 km (5.0 mi) to the northeast of Dolganka, Krutikhinsky District, and only 20 km (12 mi) from the banks of the Ob River. The river flows roughly southwestwards all along its course. As it descends into the Kulunda Plain its channel scatters, becoming almost interrupted in places. Further west along the steppe, the lower course of the Burla consists in channels between mostly shallow lakes. In years of adequate rainfall the river flows into the endorheic lake Bolshoy Azhbulat, but in dry years it ends in Lake Bolshoye Topolnoye, east of the Russia/Kazakhstan border.[2][3][4][5]

There are numerous settlements near the river, such as Alexeyevka, Utyanka, Novoilyinka, Pioner Truda, Topolnoye, Ustyanka, Staropeschanoye, Novoalexeyevka, Novopeschanoye, Burla, Prityka, Mikhaylovka and Petrovka, among others.[2]

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Burla are the 32 km (20 mi) long Kurya (Курья) and the 55 km (34 mi) long Kurya (Aksenikha) (Курья (Аксениха)) from the left, as well as the 70 km (43 mi) long Chuman (Чуман) from the right. All the tributaries dry up in the summer, but the Chuman connects with the Karasuk river in high water years. There are numerous lakes in the Burla basin. The shallow areas of the river and neighboring wetlands freeze in the winter.[1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Река Бурла in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. 1 2 3 Google Earth
  3. 1 2 Бурла; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
  4. ↑ "N-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "N-44 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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